The National Transfer Format (NTF) is a
file format
A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or free.
Some file formats ...
designed in 1988 specifically for the transfer of
geospatial information
Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position).
It is also cal ...
; it is administered by the
British Standards Institution
The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the national standards body of the United Kingdom. BSI produces technical standards on a wide range of products and services and also supplies certification and standards-related services to business ...
. It is now the standard transfer format for
Ordnance Survey
, nativename_a =
, nativename_r =
, logo = Ordnance Survey 2015 Logo.svg
, logo_width = 240px
, logo_caption =
, seal =
, seal_width =
, seal_caption =
, picture =
, picture_width =
, picture_caption =
, formed =
, preceding1 =
, di ...
digital data. The present version (2.0) conforms to BS 7567.
[British Standard BS 7567: Electronic transfer of geographic information (NTF), 1992.]
It has three parts:
*Part 1: Specification for NTF structures
*Part 2: Specification for implementing plain NTF
*Part 3: Specification for implementing NTF using BS 6690 (=
ISO 8211)
References
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GIS file formats