This application converts the binary map files of the IMAGE CD into asciiGrid files, which can be read by GIS software. The asciiGrid file consists of a map header and 720 by 360 numbers. NODATA is represented by -9999.
You can select one file or all the files in a directory to convert. The default option is converting one file.
An IMAGE map-file is composed of data about multiple years (usually 5) and in some cases also about an extra dimension (i.e. crop type). Conversion results in a asciiGrid file per year per dimension (if applicable). The files will be stored in the selected outputdirectory and will be named: <filename>_<year>[_<dimension number>].asc
Converting an IMAGE map file requires the next steps:
The data are organised per scenario. The folder data contains the scenario subfolders (i.e. B1, B2, A2, etc.). Each scenario-folder contains a map folder with all the mapfiles of that scenario. You can select the Whole directory option and browse to the map folder of a particular scenario or select the one file option and browse to the file to convert. Note: converting a whole directory will result in approximately 250 MB data.
For example: in case of the landcover map the widget property is:
integer GLCTb[66663](t)
The filename of the map is the Uppercase string GLCT