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Re: HDF, netCDF, etc question [message #25802 is a reply to message #25715] Mon, 16 July 2001 13:40 Go to previous message
Aaron Birenboim is currently offline  Aaron Birenboim
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Craig Markwardt <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:

: ronn kling <ronn@rlkling.com> writes:

: * I advocated astronomy's FITS format. Plus: platform independent,
: metadata is in ASCII, good support in IDL Astronomy Library. Minus:
: seen as "archane."

I agree. Its very simple, very "sharable".

: * Many people seem to swear by Liam Gumley's binary tools. Plus: raw
: speed and direct access; platform neutral. Minus: low level.

I dunno about this. But before I advocated a simple, binary format
tied to a database for metadata. These could be a help here.

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