Geotiff File Format

Table of contents

 
 
1  Introduction      1.1 About this Specification        1.1.1 Background        1.1.2 History        1.1.3 Scope        1.1.4 Features    1.2 Revision Notes        1.2.1 Revision Nomenclature        1.2.2 New Features        1.2.3 Clarifications        1.2.4 Organizational changes        1.2.5 Changes in Requirements        1.2.6 Agenda for Future Development    1.3 Administration        1.3.1 Information and Support:        1.3.2 Private Keys and Codes:        1.3.3 Proposed Revisions to GeoTIFF 2 Baseline GeoTIFF    2.1 Notation    2.2 GeoTIFF Design Considerations    2.3 GeoTIFF Software Requirements    2.4 GeoTIFF File and "Key" Structure    2.5 Coordinate Systems in GeoTIFF        2.5.1 Device Space and GeoTIFF        2.5.2 Raster Coordinate Systems        2.5.3 Model Coordinate Systems        2.5.4 Reference Parameters    2.6 Coordinate Transformations        2.6.1 GeoTIFF Tags for Coordinate Transformations        2.6.2 Coordinate Transformation Data Flow        2.6.3 Cookbook for Defining Transformations    2.7 Geocoding Raster Data        2.7.1 General Approach        2.7.2 GeoTIFF GeoKeys for Geocoding        2.7.3 Cookbook for Geocoding Data 3  Examples    3.1 Common Examples        3.1.1. UTM Projected Aerial Photo        3.1.2. Standard State Plane        3.1.3. Lambert Conformal Conic Aeronautical Chart        3.1.4. DMA ADRG Raster Graphic Map    3.2 Less Common Examples        3.2.1. Unrectified Aerial photo, known tiepoints, in degrees.        3.2.2. Rotated Scanned Map        3.2.3. Digital Elevation Model 4 Extended GeoTIFF 5 References 6 Appendices    6.1 Tag ID Summary    6.2 Key ID Summary        6.2.1 GeoTIFF Configuration Keys        6.2.2 Geographic CS Parameter Keys        6.2.3 Projected CS Parameter Keys        6.2.4 Vertical CS Keys    6.3 Key Code Summary        6.3.1 GeoTIFF General Codes        6.3.2 Geographic CS Codes        6.3.3 Projected CS Codes        6.3.4 Vertical CS Codes    6.4 EPSG Geodesy Parameter Index 7  Glossary