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- test.bil <- bil file with data
- test.hdr <- header file with geo-referencing and data description
- test.tim <- timestep file
Note that the file extensions should be in lower case.: An alternative parser with the ID 'BILBIPBSQ' has become available (in FEWS release 2017.01 and newer), which better adheres to the official (ESRI) specifications for BIL/BIP/BSQ format files. For importing files from external sources it is recommended to use the 'BILBIPBSQ' import type, which is documented here: BIL BIP BSQ Parser
File format
In the above example the test.bil files contains the actual data, the test.hdr describes the bil file and the test.tim file contains the date/time information for the bil file.
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The first column in the time files contains: YYYYMMDDHHMM, the second column the number of minutes in the timesteps. The second column is presently ignored and may be omitted.
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To read 32bit float bil files you will need to specify:
No Format |
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NRBITS 0
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BIL reader supports keyword PIXELTYPE to read data using float 32 or float 64
Configuration
An example import configuration to import a bil file is shown below:
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