Geographic Tagged Image File Format
Abbreviation: GeoTIFF
Identifiers:
| Type | Id | |
|---|---|---|
| SIS ID | fGeoTIFF |  Copy ID to clipboardSIS ID copied |
| Wikidata | Q1502796 | |
| PRONOMUK National Archives | fmt/155 | |
| LOCLibrary of Congress | fdd000279 |
Media type(s):
-
image/tiff
File extension(s): .tiff, .tif, .gtif
Format family: TIFF
Functional domains:
- Geodata
Recommendations:
| Centre | Domain | Level | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANS | GeodataInformation on geographic locations. | recommended |
|
| MI | GeodataInformation on geographic locations. | recommended | |
| Sprakbanken | GeodataInformation on geographic locations. | recommended |
Description:
"GeoTIFF is a public domain metadata standard which allows georeferencing information to be embedded within a TIFF file. The potential additional information includes map projection, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, datums, and everything else necessary to establish the exact spatial reference for the file. The GeoTIFF format is fully compliant with TIFF 6.0, so software incapable of reading and interpreting the specialized metadata will still be able to open a GeoTIFF format file." (Wikipedia)
See the following for more information:
Keywords: image format, raster graphics, GIS, georeference