Welcome in pyModis library
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*Thank you for downlaoding pyModis*

**pyModis is a python library to download and process Modis data from NASA ftp**

Copyright Luca Delucchi - 2010-2013

License
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pyModis is licensed under the terms of **GNU GPL 2**. Read COPYING for more info

Install
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How to compile or install pyModis see INSTALL file.

Executables
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Some executables are distributed with the library:

  * **modis_download** it's useful to download MODIS data
  * **modis_parse** can parse the XML file of MODIS data and return some variables
  * **modis_multiparse** can parse the XML file of several MODIS data and return the bounding box or it can write the XML file with the information of all
    tiles considered
  * **modis_mosaic** create the mosaic of server MODIS tiles
  * **modis_convert** convert MODIS data from HDF format and Sinusoidal projection to other formats and projections


Other info
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The logo of pyModis is pyModis.png; it is released under CC-BY-SA and it's distributed with the pyModis library

More info about pyModis at http://pymodis.fem-environment.eu/