MODIS MOD12 Frequently Asked Questions

Data Format: How do I use these ".hdf" files?

  The Tools page, especially the Tutorials section, may be helpful. Commercial remote sensing software vendors are still improving their support of the HDF-EOS format. Due to the frequency of this question, we provide ASCII metadata and binary data exports of the HDF-EOS format data from the USGS EROS DAAC starting with the public release of nominal data day 2001001.

How do I get out of the MODIS Integerized Sinusoidal Grid?

  The Tools page, especially the USGS MODIS Reprojection Tool section, may be helpful. Commercial remote sensing software vendors are still improving their support of the ISG projection. Due to the frequency of this question, we provide exports of the ISG projection data from the USGS EROS DAAC in the Goode's Interrupted Homolosine and Lambert's Azimuthal Equal Area projections.