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    Jarrett Keifer

    Julia Signell

    Metadata makes the data format: metadata storage and representation across array formats

    In this continuation of our recent raster data format blog series we discuss metadata: how do COG and Zarr represent metadata and how can geospatial coordinate metadata be represented across different formats? Where should metadata be stored? and more!

  • Software EngineeringGeospatial

    Jarrett Keifer

    Julia Signell

    Metadata makes the data format: metadata storage and representation across array formats

    In this continuation of our recent raster data format blog series we discuss metadata: how do COG and Zarr represent metadata and how can geospatial coordinate metadata be represented across different formats? Where should metadata be stored? and more!

  • Software Engineering

    Jarrett Keifer

    Julia Signell

    Is Zarr the new COG?

    Just to be upfront and get it out there: no. Despite what you may have heard, Zarr is not (yet) a replacement for the Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format. Zarr is great for Level 3 and Level 4 n-dimensional data cubes. COG is great for Level 1, Level 2, and other non-data-cube rasters. Enthusiastic Zarr users…

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