National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) Quick Facts

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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>
  • <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

NITF Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

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

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