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Summary
Name	ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: x-fmt/218
Family
Classification	Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Description	An Arc/Info binary grid is a proprietary raster GIS file format developed by ESRI. The grid defines geographic space as an array of equally sized square grid points arranged in rows and columns. Each grid point stores a numeric value that represents a geographic attribute such as elevation or surface slope. Each grid cell is referenced by its x,y coordinate.
Orientation	Text
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description
Last updated	02 Dec 2010
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