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What's new Grid Translator Pro 2.0 for Planet has been released on May 12th, 2008. See what's new in this release [Folder Translation, ...].

What Grid Translator Pro Does?

Grid Translator Pro (GTP) for Planet is a Mentum Planet add-on enabling Planet users to handle a wide range of raster and imaging formats within Planet.

GTP core functionality is raster data translation. GTP does:

  • Import more than 60 raster formats to Planet grid format.
  • Export Planet grids to standard raster formats.

Trial / Purchase

Download NowDownload GTP for Planet. A 4 days fully functioning trial is available for free. The permanent version can be directly purchased through the same web page.

Why Do I Need GTP?

GTP for Planet opens all the functionalities of Planet to more than 60 raster formats including the formats of the major GIS and Imaging industry products: ArcGIS (ArcInfo), PCI, Erdas, Idrisi and Surfer.

GTP for Planet is built with Planet users in mind to allow them leverage their investment in Planet product and take advantage of the increasingly available and free data over the Internet. Examples of such data are: SRTM data (world wide), GTOPO30 (world wide) and SDTS (USA).

Grid Translator Pro For PlanetWhether you have a raster dataset produced by ArcInfo, Idrisi, PCI, Erdas, Geosoft or ENVI, a satellite image (SPOT, Radar, NOAA, NITF), a nautical chart (BSB), a bitmap image (GIF, Bitmap, Jpeg, PixMap), or a DEM (SRTM, SDTS, USGS DEM, GTOPO30, DTED); GTP for Planet will bring these data to Planet native format with few clicks.


In addition of importing raster datasets, GTP for Planet can export Planet grids into 3 different standard GIS formats enabling Planet grids to be used by external applications.

Supported Formats:

Using an original design GTP for Planet import and/or export Planet grids using an automated and generic process. The conversion process is batch oriented allowing users to create and/or export Planet grids from/to a wide range of data formats using a single and unified user interface.

List of raster formats that can be imported into Planet
Format
Extension
ADRG/ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
*.gen
Aircom Asset format (Height and Clutter)
Aircom Enterprise ASSET Coverage
*.dat
Aircom Enterprise ASSET Simulation
*.3ga
Atlantis MFF Raster
Binary Terrain
*.bt
SRTM files
*.hgt
Bitmap Format
*.bmp
CEOS SAR Image
*.img
CEOS Spot Image
*.cap
Daylon Leveller Heightfield
ELAS
*.elas
Envi Labelled Raster
*.img
Envisat Image
*.nl
EOSAT Fast Format
Erdas Imagine
*.img
Erdas .lan and .gis raster files
*.lan, *.gis
ERMapper .ers
*.ers
ESRI ArcGIS Binary Grid
*.adf
ESRI ASCII Grid
*.txt
ESRI BIL and GTOPO30
*.bil
FIT Image
Fuji BAS Scanner Image
GeoSoft Grid eXchange
*.gxf
Geotiff
*.tif, *.tiff
GIF
*.gif
GMT Compatible netCDF
GSC Geogrid format
Hierarchical Data Format Release 4
*.hdf
Hierarchical Data Format Release 5
*.hdf
Idrisi Grid
*.img, *.rst
ILWIS raster maps
*.mpr,*.mpl
Intergraph Raster
Japanese DEM
*.mem
JPEG
*.jpg
MapInfo Grid
*.mig
MapTech BSB Nautical Charts
*.kap
Military DTED
*.dt0,*.dt1
NASA Planetary Data System
*.pds
National Imagery Transmission Format
*.nitf
Network Common Data Format
*.nc
NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b DataSet
PCIDISK format
*.pix
PCI Raw
*.raw
PCRaster raster file format
*.map
Planet format (Height and Clutter)
Portable PixMap Format
*.ppm, *.pgm
Raster Matrix Format
*.rsw, *.mtw
SGI Image Format
*.sgi
SRTM data
*.hgt
Surfer Grid
*.grd
Surfer 7 Binary Grid
*.grd
Swedish Grid Maps
*.rik
Terragen
*.grd
USGS ASCII DEM
*.dem
USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
*.cub
USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
*.cub
USGS DOQ old format
*.doq
USGS DOQ new format
*.nws
USGS SDTS DEM
*.ddf
X11 PixMap Format
*.xpm

List of raster formats that Planet grids can be exported to
Format
Extension
Geotiff
*.tif
Erdas Imagine
*.img
PCI Disk
*.pix


Examples of Planet grids created using GTP for Planet:

Erdas ArcGIS

ExamplesExamples of converted raster datasets.


What's new in GTP 2.0 ?

• Folder Batch Import: This new functionality enables importing all supported files stored in one folder and it's subfolders by simply selecting the input folder, few parameters and the output folder.

• Folder Batch Export: This new functionality enables exporting all Planet grid files stored in one folder and it's subfolders by simply selecting the input folder, the output format and the output folder.

Folder Import Folder Export

• Added 10 new formats that can be imported into Planet grids:

- ADRG/ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
- Aircom Enterprise ASSET Coverage
- Aircom Enterprise ASSET Simulation
- ERMapper .ers
- Intergraph Raster
- NASA Planetary Data System
- Spot DIMAP
- Surfer 7 Binary Grid
- USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
- USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)

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