Standard Formats
File | Standard File Systems – File and Folders |
Text | Plain text file |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
Archive Files
GZ | GNU Zip compressed file |
JAR | Java ARchive |
TAR | Tape Archive file |
TGZ | Tape Archive file compressed with GNU Zip |
ZIP | ZIP Compressed file |
Protocol Clients
FTP | File Transfer Protocol client |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol client |
HTTP-OData | Open Data Protocol version 2 – OData client |
HTTP-Swift | OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) client |
Scientific and Geographical Standard Formats
DIGEST | The DIgital Geographic Exchange STandard |
DIMAP | Digital Image MAP |
DTED | Digital Terrain Elevation Data standard |
FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
GeoConcept | GeoConcept format |
HDF | Hierarchical Data Format (version 4 and 5) |
KLV | Key-Length-Value |
netCDF | network Common Data Form |
NITF | National Imagery Transmission Format |
NSIF | NATO Secondary Imagery Format (STANAG 4545) |
RPF | Raster Product Format |
SAFE | Standard Archive Format for Europe, Version 1.3 |
SDF | Structured Data File |
SHAPE | ESRI Shape file format |
STANAG 7023 | NATO STANAG 7023 standard |
VMAP-VPF | Vector Map and Vector Product formats |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
WORLD | World Files (TFW and PGW) |
Image Standard Formats
BMP | Windows bitmap |
DNG 1.0 | Digital Negative (TIFF 6.0 format extension) |
GeoTIFF | Geographic Tagged Image File Format |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
JGW | Joint Photographic Experts Group World File |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
JPEG2000 | Joint Photographic Experts Group of year 2000 |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
PNM | Portable Any Map (PBM, PGM, and PPM formats) |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
TFW | TIFF Word file |
Earth Observation Formats
ALOS | ALOS products in CEOS format, in SIP/GeoTIFF format |
CEOS | Generic CEOS CCB-CCT-002 Superstructure Format |
COSMO-SkyMed | COSMO-SkyMed Standard products (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D) |
DigitalGlobe | DigitalGlobe (QuickBird and WorldView-1) products, including PVL support |
DMC | DMC series including support of SIP browsing |
ENVISAT | ENVISAT – All sensors, all product levels including auxiliary |
EROS-B | ImageSat EROS-B Formats including metadata decoding |
ERS | ERS products formatted in CEOS format, in ENVISAT format |
FAST | FAST Format (Landsat, IRS) |
GeoEye | GeoEye (Ikonos-2 and GeoEye-1) products, including RPC and shape files |
LANDSAT CEOS | LANDSAT 5/7 Products in CEOS Format |
LANDSAT USGS | LANDSAT Products in GeoTIFF Format, including MTL files |
LANDSAT-8 GeoTIFF | LANDSAT 8 Products in GeoTIFF Format, including MTL files |
PLEIADES | Pleiades Products in Dimap V1 and V2 format |
RADARSAT | Radarsat Products in CEOS Format |
RADARSAT-2 | Radarsat Products in TIFF Format |
RapidEye | Rapideye in GeoTIFF and NITF formats |
Sentinel-1 | Sentinel-1 series products |
Sentinel-2 | Sentinel-2 series products |
Sentinel-3 | Sentinel-3 products |
Sentinel-5P | Sentinel-5P products |
Sentinel-Aux | Sentinel Auiliary products |
SPOT | SPOT satellite series in DIMAP, CEOS CRIS/SISA and CAP formats |
TerraSAR-X | TerraSAR-X products: All types including COSAR images |
VEGETATION | Vegetation products |