News

Latest Newsletter - #125 Published on December 15, 2011: Latest Official Release of HDF5: 5 1.8.8 - See Newsletter: 124
Latest Official Release of HDF4: 4.2.6 - See Newsletter: 121
Latest Official Release of the HDF Java Products: 2.8 - See Newsletter: 125

Upcoming Events

HDF & HDF-EOS Workshop XV
April 17-19, 2012
Riverdale, MD

The HDF & HDF-EOS Workshop XV has been scheduled for April 17-19, 2012 in Riverdale, MD, and abstracts are currently being accepted.

For up-to-date details regarding the workshop, see:

   http://www.hdfeos.org/workshops/ws15/workshop_fifteen.php

For more information on HDF-EOS, see the HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center home page:

   http://www.hdfeos.org/

Past Events

Bulletins

December 19, 2011: HDF5DotNet 1.8.8 now available

HDF5DotNet 1.8.8 is now available for download. This release supports HDF5-1.8.8. See the HDF5DotNet home page for detailed information regarding this release:

   http://hdf5.net/

October 28, 2011: NASA NPP Spacecraft Launches on Earth Observing Mission

The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft lifted off at 5:48 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28, 2011, to begin its earth observation mission. NPP is the first of several satellites, all of whose data will be stored in HDF5.

June 1, 2011: The HDF Group joins OGC

Announcement that The HDF Group has joined the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as an Associate Member.

December 5, 2010: HDF Group's growth, move prompts news coverage

Link to an article in the Champaign, Illinois, News-Gazette.

October 12, 2010: SMAP Data Products in HDF5

SMAP (Soil Moisture Active & Passive) data products will be delivered in the HDF5 Format. SMAP is one of four Tier-1 missions recommended by the U.S. National Research Council Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space. It will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles and extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data will also be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and improve flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities.

July 29, 2010: Sony Pictures Imageworks and Industrial Light & Magic Join Forces on ALEMBIC

Sony Pictures Imageworks and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) have collaborated to create ALEMBIC, an open source exchange format that aims to become the standard for exchanging animated computer graphics scenes between content creation software packages.

February 26, 2010: HDF5 1.8 Corruption Problem

A corruption problem was found in HDF5 1.8, which affected releases 1.8.0 through 1.8.4. The problem was fixed in HDF5 1.8.4 Patch 1.