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Details for: Geographic Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF)

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Name Geographic Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF)
Version  
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Identifiers Library of Congress Format Description Identifier:  fdd000279
PUID:  fmt/155
MIME:  image/tiff
Family  
Classification GIS, Image (Raster)
Disclosure  
Description GeoTIFF is a metadata standard, within the public domain, which allows georeferenceing information to be embedded within the TIFF file. GeoTIFF format can contain geospatial data such as aerial photography and satellite imagery which can be used in GIS applications. GeoTIFF files can be read by normal TIFF utilities, though they may unintentionally strip out the geospatial data in the process. GeoTIFF was originally created by Dr. Niles Ritter whilst working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and published. In 2019 by the Open Geospatial Consortium publihsed the OGC GeoTIFF standard.
Orientation Text
Byte order  
Related file formats Has priority over Exchangeable Image File Format (Uncompressed) (2.2)
Has priority over Exchangeable Image File Format (Uncompressed) (2.1)
Has priority over Exchangeable Image File Format (Uncompressed) (2.0)
Has priority over Tagged Image File Format  
Is subtype of Tagged Image File Format  
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 02 Feb 2007
Source description 04/2024 (v.118)- Increased the max-offset for internal EOF signatures, updated the description, specification and LOC identifier.
Last updated 22 Apr 2024
Note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoTIFF http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/spec/geotiffhome.html http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/GeoTIFF
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