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Opening WV1, WV2, WV3 data in ENVI 5.3
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13 Nov 2015 12:52 PM
    <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">I recently downloaded several images from Digital Globe. These include WV2 and WV3 images of my study site, and they are currently in *.til format. I have previously downloaded WV2 imagery of this area and successfully worked with it in ENVI (a previous version). My organization recently upgraded to ENVI 5.3.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">I have two issues: U</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">nfortunately, when I navigate File &gt; Open as &gt; WorldView2 and select the *.til file I receive an error message along the lines of "Can't open, you don't have the NTTF license." I don't know what this means and can't find it on the web :/</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Second:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;there is no WorldView3 option under "open as" and if I try WV1 or WV2 it simply says "this isn't a WV2 file," which is true... but I'm stuck on how else to open this data.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Has anyone else had a similar problem opening WV2 in ENVI 5.3? Has anyone successfully opened WV3 data in ENVI 5.3? All feedback is welcome. I realize (and hope) there's a simple solution here and I'm just unaware.&nbsp;</span></p>

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    13 Nov 2015 01:08 PM
    <p>Hi Sarah,</p> <p>For Worldview data (1,2, and 3), you do not need to use the File-&gt;Open As option.&nbsp; I would instead just use the File-&gt;Open and select the .TIL file.&nbsp; ENVI should recognize the file type.&nbsp; </p> <p>NITF (.NTF)&nbsp;is a data format used most often&nbsp;by the military.&nbsp; WV data can also be distributed&nbsp;as GeoTIFF.&nbsp; The .TIL file is a metadata file that provides information on how to open the different tiles of the data that are either in geotiff or NITF (most commonly).&nbsp;&nbsp; It sounds like you have a NITF format WV-3 dataset which requires a NITF license to open and read.&nbsp; </p> <p>Is it possible to request the data from DG in GeoTIFF instead of NITF?</p>
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