Input file
BPW
- Full Name: ArcView World File For Bip Or Bmp Images
- Developer: Bitser
Output file
BIL
- Full Name: ArcView Band Interleaved By Line Image Format
- Developer: ESRI
What is BPW file?
[ ⏩ ] BPW file extension
What is BIL file?
BIL (or Band Interleaved by Line) is a raster .bil file format developed and used primarily by ESRI. The files are commonly saved with an accompanying header file ending in the same base name, but with a .hdr extension. BIL files are used to store multi-band surface reflectance data for satellite imagery and aerial photography. [ ⏩ ] BIL file extension
How to convert the file from BPW to BIL?
To successfully convert the BPW file to BIL, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BPW). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case BIL (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than BIL).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BPW to BIL. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting BPW files to BIL files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension BIL, while before this step we had the BPW file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new BIL file, or not.