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File structure and naming

A single site/logical group of flight lines/sortie should be contained in a single directory. If there are multiple sites from different projects, significantly different times of overflight or large time gaps, each should have its own directory.

The directory name should look like: PROJECTCODE-YYYY_JJJxx_SITENAME, e.g. GB07_07-2007_102a_Inverclyde, boresight-2007_198, etc.

There should be:

  • no spaces, brackets or other Unix-upsetting characters in filenames
  • execute permission removed from anything non-executable
  • no empty directories? (need to think about this, maybe only do after checking it's not a stub for later data)

The structure under the project directory should look like:

admin
contains the flight logsheet and any miscellaneous information (readme's, copies of trac tickets, etc)
applanix
raw and processed Applanix navigation (raw files in applanix/raw/DCALM*, final processed data in applanix/*sbet or applanix/Proc/sbet*.out)
atm
raw ATM data files (az???LLL.JJJ, where ??? = disk id, LLL = 3 digit file number (000 typically contains navigation), JJJ = Julian day of capture)
calibration
typically a symlink to the appropriate calibration directory
casi
raw CASI data files (ca??LLL.JJJ, where ?? = disk id, LLL = 3 digit file number, JJJ = Julian day of capture)
delivery
contains copies of data delivered to end users (see below)
dem
contains azgcorr compatible DEMs
eagle
raw Eagle data files (.raw = image data, .hdr = ENVI compatible header, .nav = navigation synchronisation data)
hawk
raw Hawk data files (.raw = image data, .hdr = ENVI compatible header, .nav = navigation synchronisation data)
leica
raw and processed Leica LIDAR
lev1
processed level 1 data (note this will be the most current, not necessarily what was delivered), see below for filename info
lev3
processed level 3 data (note this will be the most current, not necessarily what was delivered), see below for filename info
lidar
raw and processed ULM LIDAR (raw LIDAR looks like "surveyXXX.range", processed is typically in a strips/ directory)
rinex
GPS basestation data appropriate to the site
runa
ATM processing scripts
runc
CASI processing scripts
rune
Eagle processing scripts
runh
Hawk processing scripts
vectors
may or may not appear - symlink to appropriate vectors

The lev1 and lev3 data filenames are structured as "sdddfnn1b.{hdf|tif}", where:

  • s is the sensor id (a=ATM, c=CASI, e=Eagle, h=Hawk)
  • ddd is the Julian day of the data acquisition
  • f distinguishes between multiple flights on the same day (“a” being the first flight)
  • nn is the flight line number (note this is not necessarily the same as the flight line identifier as specified by the PI - these numbers are the number of the flight in order of when it was taken, as on the logsheet)

Delivered data

As data may be delivered multiple times (in the event of a problem requiring reprocessing) or in stages (if particular sensors are completed first and others look like they'll be delayed), we take copies of any data sent to the end user for future reference (e.g. in support). The lev1/ and lev3/ directories will typically contain the latest processed version.

Delivered data is stored delivery/YYYYMMDD/PROJECTCODE/, where YYYYMMDD is the date the delivery was created. The directory structure of a delivery looks like:

bin
latest azgcorr and azexhdf at the time of delivery
doc
azgcorr manual and other documentation
lev1
processed level 1 data
logsheet
logsheet as stored in admin/ above
misc
any additional files needed for level 3 processing (e.g. OS National Grid correction file, geoid-spheroid separation grid file, etc)
screenshots
images of the level 3 output we managed when testing the data
COPYRIGHT.txt
copyright notice!
Read_Me.txt
Instructions for use and description of dataset, plus any problems encountered.