BigTIFF

File Format
Name	BigTIFF
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics BigTIFF
Extension(s)	.tif .tiff

BigTIFF is a TIFF-like image file format, which supports larger files and data structures than does TIFF. It is logically almost identical to TIFF, though it is not compatible with it.

Software

• LibTIFF, starting with version 4.

Sample files

• ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/tiff-samples/
• http://awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff/BigTIFFSamples.zip

External links

• AWare Systems BigTIFF page
• BigTIFF Proposal