GlobToolbox

Introduction

About the BEAM GlobToolbox Reader Pack, Version 1.0

The BEAM GlobToolbox project has been brought into life in order to support users of data acquired by ESA's Glob* projects.

The GlobToolbox is developed by Brockmann Consult under contract to ESA.

Capabilities

Supported Products in GlobToolbox Reader Pack 1.0

Version 1.0 of the BEAM GlobToolbox Reader Pack is capable of reading data products provided by multiple Glob* projects. The following table comprises the supported products and also the products which are not or not fully supported:

Project	Product Type	Support
GlobCover	Bimonthly/Annual MERIS FR mosaics	Supported
	Global/Regional Land Cover	Supported but additional files like "Globcover_Legend.xls", "Globcover_Preview.gif" and color map file in ArcInfo, ArcView, and Envi format are not supported
GlobColour	Global/DDS binned product	Supported
	Global/DDS mapped product	Supported
	MERIS L3 product	Supported already in BEAM
GlobCarbon	All types	Not yet supported
ATSR World Fire	ATSR2 and AATSR	Supported
Medspiration	L2 Pre-Processed (L2P), Analysed SST (L4) HR-DDS Data	Supported
Global Land Cover 2000	GLC2000	Supported as GeoTIFF, but not data in ESRI format
GlobAerosol	Individual-Sensor Orbit Aerosol	All sensors supported except AATSR
	Individual Global Aerosol	Supported
	Merged Global Aerosol	Supported
	Statistical Products	Supported
IGBP	Global LLC	Not yet Supported

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Reporting Issues

You can submit bug reports and feature request to the GlobToolbox Issue Tracker: http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam-jira/browse/GBOX.

Further Information

The most important source of information for the GlobToolbox project is going to be the GlobToolbox Wiki: http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam-wiki/display/GBOX.

Thank you for using the BEAM and GlobToolbox Software!