National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) Quick Facts
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Format Type Identifier |
NITF |
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Reader/Writer |
Both |
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Licensing Level |
Professional and above |
|
Dependencies |
None |
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Dataset Type |
File |
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Feature Type |
|
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Typical File Extensions |
.ntf, .nsf |
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Automated Translation Support |
Yes |
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User-Defined Attributes |
Reader natively, or |
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Coordinate System Support |
Yes |
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Generic Color Support |
No |
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Spatial Index |
No |
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Schema Required |
Yes |
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Transaction Support |
No |
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Encoding Support |
No |
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Geometry Type |
nitf_type |
NITF Geometry Support
|
Geometry |
Supported? |
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aggregate |
no |
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circles |
no |
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circular arc |
no |
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donut polygon |
no |
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elliptical arc |
no |
|
ellipses |
no |
|
line |
no |
|
none |
no |
|
point |
no |
|
polygon |
no |
|
raster |
yes |
|
solid |
no |
|
surface |
no |
|
text |
no |
|
z values |
no |
NITF Raster Support
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Band Interpretations |
Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16, Gray8, |
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Palette Key Interpretations |
UInt8 |
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Palette Value Interpretations |
RGB24 |
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Nodata Value |
Not available for continuous rasters. Any value for paletted rasters. |
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Cell Origin (x, y) |
0.5, 0.5 |
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Rotation Support |
Yes |
|
GCP Support |
Reading: Yes Writing: Through TAB files |
|
World File Support |
Yes |
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TAB File Support |
Yes |