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  1. test.bil <- bil file with data
  2. test.hdr <- header file with geo-referencing and data description
  3. 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.

BIL reader supports keyword PIXELTYPE to  read data using float 32 or float 64 

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