Latest Newsletter - #127 Published on May 15, 2012
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Latest Official Release of HDF5: 5 1.8.9 - See Newsletter: 127
Latest Official Release of HDF4: 4.2.7 - See Newsletter: 126
Latest Official Release of the HDF Java Products: 2.8 - See Newsletter: 125
Upcoming Events
Bulletins
March 23, 2012: HDF 4.2.7-patch1
A patched version of the HDF 4.2.7 source code,
HDF 4.2.7-patch1, is
now available to correct a configure issue with compilers that contain a '-' in the name.
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.
Recent Newsletters:
- newsletter127.html - May 15, 2012 (Release of HDF5-1.8.9)
- newsletter126.html - February 15, 2012 (Release of HDF 4.2.7 and h4toh5 2.2.1)
- newsletter125.html - December 15, 2011 (Release of HDF-Java 2.8)
- newsletter124.html - November 15, 2011 (Release of HDF5-1.8.8 and h4mapwriter 1.0.2)
- newsletter123.html - September 2, 2011 (Release of h5check 2.0.1, h5edit 1.0.0, h5augjpss 1.0.0, SC11 BOF)
- newsletter122.html - July 8, 2011 (Release of h4toh5 2.2.0, h4mapwriter 1.0.0)
- newsletter121.html - June 21, 2011 (Release of HDF 4.2.6)
- newsletter120.html - May 13, 2011 (Release of HDF5-1.8.7)
- newsletter119.html - February 22, 2011 (Release of HDF-Java Products 2.7)
- newsletter118.html - February 18, 2011 (Release of HDF5-1.8.6)
- newsletter117.html - September 30, 2010 (Release of HDF-Java Products 2.7 (Beta))
- newsletter116.html - September 3, 2010 (Release of 1.8.5-patch1; NPOESS High Level APIs)
- newsletter115.html - July 28, 2010 (1.8.5 fix for files w/non-default address/length sizes)
- newsletter114.html - June 15, 2010 (Release of HDF5 1.8.5)
- newsletter113.html - April 22, 2010 (Release of h5check 2.0)
- newsletter112.html - April 16, 2010 (Release of BioHDF pipeline prototype)
- newsletter111.html - March 5, 2010 (Release of HDF Java Products 2.6.1)
- newsletter110.html - March 2, 2010 (Release of HDF 4.2.5, H4toH5 2.1.1, 5 1.8.4 Patch 1)
- newsletter109.html - November 13, 2009 (Release of HDF5 1.8.4 and HDF5 1.6.10)
- newsletter108.html - September 23, 2009 (Patches for HDF Java Products 2.5)
- newsletter107.html - May 15, 2009 (Release of HDF5 1.8.3 and 1.6.9)
- newsletter106.html - February 11, 2009 (Release of HDF Java Products 2.5)
- newsletter105.html - February 3, 2009 (Release of HDF 4.2r4, H4 to H5 Version 2.1)
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