6.4.2.1.1 Format Name

• the name of the data transfer format.

Type:

text

Domain:

DOMAIN VALUE . . . DEFINITION

• "ARCE" . . . . . ARC/INFO Export format
• "ARCG" . . . . . ARC/INFO Generate format
• "ASCII". . . . . ASCII file, formatted for text attributes, declared format
• "BIL". . . . . . Imagery, band interleaved by line
• "BIP". . . . . . Imagery, band interleaved by pixel
• "BSQ". . . . . . Imagery, band interleaved sequential
• "CDF". . . . . . Common Data Format
• "CFF". . . . . . Cartographic Feature File (U.S. Forest Service)
• "COORD". . . . . User-created coordinate file, declared format
• "DEM". . . . . . Digital Elevation Model format (U.S. Geological Survey)
• "DFAD" . . . . . Digital Feature Analysis Data (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
• "DGN". . . . . . Microstation format (Intergraph Corporation)
• "DIGEST" . . . . Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
• "DLG". . . . . . Digital Line Graph (U.S. Geological Survey)
• "DTED" . . . . . Digital Terrain Elevation Data (MIL-D-89020)
• "DWG". . . . . . AutoCAD Drawing format
• "DX90" . . . . . Data Exchange '90
• "DXF". . . . . . AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Format
• "ERDAS". . . . . ERDAS image files (ERDAS Corporation)
• "GRASS". . . . . Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
• "HDF". . . . . . Hierarchical Data Format
• "IGDS" . . . . . Interactive Graphic Design System format (Intergraph Corporation)
• "IGES" . . . . . Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
• "MOSS" . . . . . Multiple Overlay Statistical System export file
• "netCDF" . . . . network Common Data Format
• "NITF" . . . . . National Imagery Transfer Format
• "RPF". . . . . . Raster Product Format (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
• "RVC". . . . . . Raster Vector Converted format (MicroImages)
• "RVF". . . . . . Raster Vector Format (MicroImages)
• "SDTS" . . . . . Spatial Data Transfer Standard (Federal Information Processing Standard 173)
• "SIF". . . . . . Standard Interchange Format (DOD Project 2851)
• "SLF". . . . . . Standard Linear Format (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
• "TIFF" . . . . . Tagged Image File Format
• "TGRLN". . . . . Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Line format (Bureau of the Census)
• "VPF". . . . . . Vector Product Format (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
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Short Name:

formname

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