NITF Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

NITF

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

NITF, <source_dataset_filename>, <subdataset_name>, or <source_dataset_filename_subdataset_name>

Typical File Extensions

.ntf, .nsf

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Reader natively, or both reader and writer through TAB files

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

nitf_type

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

no

circles

no

 

polygon

no

circular arc

no

 

raster

yes

donut polygon

no

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

no

 

z values

no

none

no

 

 

 

 

Band Interpretations

Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16, Gray8, Gray16, UInt8, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Real32, Real64

Palette Key Interpretations

UInt8

Palette Value Interpretations

RGB24

Nodata Value

Not available for continuous rasters.

Any value for paletted rasters.

Cell Origin (x, y)

0.5, 0.5

Rotation Support

Yes

GCP Support

Reading: Yes

Writing: Through TAB files

World File Support

Yes

TAB File Support

Yes