Geospatial
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
- "When it comes to location data, the principle should be “location, location, location"
- — Zoe Lofgren #CFP2013 (via Cory Doctorow)
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Cross reference
See also:
Raster Formats
- ADRG (ARC Digital Raster Graphics)
- BSB (BSB/KAP)
- CADRG (Compressed ARC Digital Raster Graphics)
- ECW
- ERDAS Imagine IMG
- ERDAS LAN/GIS
- ER Mapper Raster
- GeoJP2
- GeoTIFF
- GMLJP2
- HMR (Bentley Systems bitmap file, connected in some way to GeoTIFF)
- Intergraph Raster
- LERC
- MrSID
- National Imagery Transmission Format
- PCRaster Map
- VITec
Vector Formats
- E00 -- ArcInfo interchange file
- ER Mapper Vector
- GeoJSON
- GeoPDF
- Geospatial PDF
- KML
- Mapsforge Binary Map
- National Transfer Format (NTF)
- OCAD - Orienteering Computer Aided Design (OCAD) file (.ocd)
- Shapefile
Grid Formats
- Binary Terrain (BT)
- DEM
- DTED (Digital Terrain Elevation Data)
- ESRI ArcInfo Grid (ADF)
- HGT (NASA SRTM Elevation Data)
See also Raster Formats, above.
Point cloud
- E57
- FARO (FLS)
- LAS
- Leica Cyclone (PTS & PTX)
Geographical coordinates
- GPX
- h-geo (Microformats)
- Plus code
- what3words
Mapping software
Position logging
- consolidated.db - iPhone "secret" file logging where you've been
Sites, cloud services, and APIs
Uncategorized
Links
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degrees Latitude/Longitude Conversions
- What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?
- On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions
- Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Datasets
- Coordinate finder: shows a variety of coordinate systems on a map
- landsat-util: utilities to access Landsat images
