McIDAS-Lite

The McIDAS-Lite software is an excellent image viewer that is perfect for those who want to work with image files in McIDAS area or MODIS HDF format. One of the best things about this software is that it's completely free to download and use. Additionally, users can access both remote data from public data sources and data stored on their own computer.

Another great aspect of McIDAS-Lite is that public data sources are updated each time the software is started, which makes it incredibly easy for users to access free data. Furthermore, McIDAS-Lite is available for a variety of platforms and comes in a simple binary installation package.

McIDAS-Lite was developed by the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin, which is a testament to the software's quality. Here are some of the key features that users can expect when they use McIDAS-Lite:

- View McIDAS area and MODIS HDF format image files
- Work with local or remote data
- Display images with your choice of geographic center point and magnification factors
- Place maps onto displayed images
- Manipulate image/graphics colors
- Loop through multiple images
- Perform basic quantitative analyses
- Save displayed images and graphics in other formats (GIF, JPEG, BMP, PS, PPM, or CPS) or save raw image files in netCDF format or as ASCII/Binary flat files.

The only requirement for using McIDAS-Lite is that Apple X11 must be installed. Overall, we highly recommend this software to anyone who wants a user-friendly and versatile image viewer for working with image files in McIDAS area or MODIS HDF format.