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Granule Data Format > GeoTIFF

PREFERRED TERM

GeoTIFF  

DEFINITION

  • 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.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • GeoTiff files, Georeferenced TIFF (geotiff), GEOtiff

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-10-28 10:10:03.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (GeoTIFF [668db73b-2a1c-4e92-8e0e-fda3131b4aac,369779] - Granule Data Format [8e770fe1-6e82-43aa-9f8a-75d217d7e6cb,369529]);
  • 2020-06-18 13:05:38.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format language code: en); insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: GeoTiff files, Georeferenced TIFF (geotiff), GEOtiff language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: 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. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/668db73b-2a1c-4e92-8e0e-fda3131b4aac

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