Scientific Data formats

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See also [[Geospatial]]
 
See also [[Geospatial]]
  
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* [[DEM]] (Digital Elevation Model)
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* [[DOQ]] (Digital Orthophotos)
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* [[e00]] (ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File)
 
* [[GeoTIFF]] (Geospatial extensions to TIFF)
 
* [[GeoTIFF]] (Geospatial extensions to TIFF)
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* [[GML]] (Geography Markup Language)
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* [[HDFEOS, HD2, HD4]] (Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System)
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* [[KML]] (KML (formerly Keyhole Markup Language), Version 2.2)
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* [[NDF]] (National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) Data Format)
 
* [[SAIF]] (Spatial Archive and Interchange Format, Canadian)
 
* [[SAIF]] (Spatial Archive and Interchange Format, Canadian)
 
* [[SDTS]] (Spatial Data Transfer Standard)
 
* [[SDTS]] (Spatial Data Transfer Standard)
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* [[shp and shx]] (ESRI Shaepfile must have components; other optional components as well, see entry)
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* [[SID]] (MrSID- Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database)
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* [[TAB]] (MapInfo dataset format, must have component)
  
 
== Mathematical ==
 
== Mathematical ==

Revision as of 00:27, 3 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Scientific Data formats

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General

  • cdf (Common Data Format)
  • hdf (Hierarchical Data Format, from NASA)
  • NetCDF (Network Common Data Format)
  • XDF (eXtensible Data Format)

Astronomical

  • FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)

Chemical

Geographic and Geospatial

See also Geospatial

  • DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
  • DOQ (Digital Orthophotos)
  • e00 (ESRI ArcInfo Interchange File)
  • GeoTIFF (Geospatial extensions to TIFF)
  • GML (Geography Markup Language)
  • HDFEOS, HD2, HD4 (Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System)
  • KML (KML (formerly Keyhole Markup Language), Version 2.2)
  • NDF (National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) Data Format)
  • SAIF (Spatial Archive and Interchange Format, Canadian)
  • SDTS (Spatial Data Transfer Standard)
  • shp and shx (ESRI Shaepfile must have components; other optional components as well, see entry)
  • SID (MrSID- Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database)
  • TAB (MapInfo dataset format, must have component)

Mathematical

Medical Imaging

Atmospheric and Oceanographic

  • GRIB (Grid in Binary)
  • BUFR (Binary Universal Format Representation)
  • IOAPI (netCDF augmented with metadata from the I/O API)

Physics

  • QCDml (Lattice QCD gauge configuration markup language)
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