b'Data trends Data trendsTable 1.Earth Resource Mapping Raster (ERS) grid file: Identification anddescriptionFull name Earth Resource Mapping Raster (ERS) Image EncodingDescription Earth Resource Mapping Raster (ERS) is a discovery wrapper for Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) Image Encoding. Data is stored in a binary file with no extension line by line as per the BIL encoding format. Additional information needed to interpret the image data is provided in the accompanying .ERS text file of the same name, such as the numbers of rows, columns, and bands, and relate the image to geospatial locations. Additional information may be contained in a header within the BIL raw image data file.Relationship to other formatsContains BIL, Band Interleaved by Line (BIP) image ERS,Equivalent to ERS, Earth Resource Mapping Raster ASCII dataPatentsas we have found, openBIL (Band Interleaved by Line), see Tim Keepinglicenses change with ownership. WeTable1. US Congress list this as one of Associate Editor for geophysical cannot fault companies for running atheir sustainable formats, which is often data management and analysisbusiness, but need to understand whataccompanied by ASCII text files allowing technical-standards@aseg.org.au people will do with the data when saidtransparency.company is no longer around. Table 2 describes the results of a basic Technical protection mechanisms if aanalysis using the US Congress format to Sustainable files assessment certain program stops, does encryption/ assess our beloved grid file. We intend compression also stop access? to apply this to our other file types to Kim Frankcombe pointed me towardsFor an example we looked for theconstruct a reference, which will likely be the seven factors the US Library ofmother of the ER Mapper grid filethepublished on our website for others.Congress use to assess if a file format is sustainable, and therefore suitable forTable 2.Analysis of the sustainability of the Earth Resource Mapping raster (ERS) them to store. grid file formathttps://www.loc.gov/preservation/ Disclosure The uncompressed raster data encoding is described by the BIL format and digital/formats/index.html requires no formal specification. Usage data is described in the ERS text file.Documentation The technical description for ERS data are described in www.aseg.org.au or Their seven pillars of sustainability are: Scribd. Data is readable by following BIL such as Understanding Rasters by Joseph Collins-Unruh and BIL, BIP and BSQ raster files from ESRI online Disclosurehow accessible is the filedocumentation.and can you make one? Of note fromAdoption ERS is effectively an information wrapper for the common BIL raster image the site, What is most significant is notencoding for remote sensor data. File reading and writing are supported by approval by a recognized standardsmany commercial programs such as ENVI, ER Mapper, Intrepid, Geosoft and body, but the existence of completeother geophysical programs. File reading and writing is also available in Open Source software such as QGIS and SAGE. ESRI products read but do not write. documentation. See BIL_enc for information on imagery distributed in BIL encoded format.Transparencycan it be opened withLicensing and patents None.basic tools such as a text-only editor Transparency The raw data has a simple form and image dimensions, and the number of (note to selfare there generic binaryspectral bands are supplied in the ERS text file.editors with a GUI that let me easilySelf-documentation A companion ASCII header file contains a wide range of data regarding image play around with data types until itcapture instrumentation, date, and other data for identifying, displaying, and looks right?) georeferencing the image.Self-documentationa basis ofExternal dependencies Accompanying header files may be compatible only with certain software information to use or display the dataapplications. It is relatively straightforward to program a language to read and correctly (starting points, datums,write the binary and ASCII text files.formatting, etc). Technical protectionNo capabilities for encryption or other technical protection mechanism External dependencieshardware andconsiderations inherent in the format or in its use have been found by the compilers of this software requirements analysis.AUGUST 2023 PREVIEW 38'