Can't open .H5 file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .H5 file.
.H5 file extension is created by The HDF Group. .H5 has been classified as Data Files.
An H5 file is a data file saved in the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF). It contains multidimensional arrays of scientific data. H5 files are commonly used in aerospace, physics, engineering, finance, academic research, genomics, astronomy, electronics instruments, and medical fields.
Two commonly used versions of HDF include HDF4 and HDF5 (developed to improve upon limitations of the HDF4 library). Files saved in the HDF4 version are saved as an .H4 or HDF4 file. Files saved in the HDF5 version are saved as an H5 or HDF5 file.
NOTE: The HDF Group maintains a list of programs that can read and process H4 files. One common open source option is GDAL - The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library.