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		<title>Jsummers: Category:Esri</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Category:Esri&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;td colspan='2' style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:34, 16 November 2020&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file Wikipedia: World file] - Provides an elaborate description of the meaning of the parameters in a World file as well as a discussion of the naming/file extension conventions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file Wikipedia: World file] - Provides an elaborate description of the meaning of the parameters in a World file as well as a discussion of the naming/file extension conventions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://egb13.net/2009/03/worldfile-calculator/ Online World file calculator]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://egb13.net/2009/03/worldfile-calculator/ Online World file calculator]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Jsummers: PRONOM</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PRONOM&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''World file''' is an [[ASCII]] text file that is used to georeference raster images. The format was designed by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;ESRI&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;. A world file contains 6 lines:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''World file''' is an [[ASCII]] text file that is used to georeference raster images. The format was designed by ESRI. A world file contains 6 lines:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# x-dimension of a pixel in map units&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# x-dimension of a pixel in map units&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Johanvanderknijff: Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Geospatial }}  A '''World file''' is an ASCII text file that is used to georeference raster images. The format was designed by ...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Geospatial }}  A &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;World file&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/ASCII&quot; title=&quot;ASCII&quot;&gt;ASCII&lt;/a&gt; text file that is used to georeference raster images. The format was designed by ...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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A '''World file''' is an [[ASCII]] text file that is used to georeference raster images. The format was designed by ESRI. A world file contains 6 lines:&lt;br /&gt;
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# x-dimension of a pixel in map units&lt;br /&gt;
# row rotation parameter&lt;br /&gt;
# column rotation parameter&lt;br /&gt;
# negative value of y-dimension of a pixel in map units&lt;br /&gt;
# x-coordinate of center of upper left pixel&lt;br /&gt;
# y-coordinate of center of upper left pixel &lt;br /&gt;
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== Naming conventions ==&lt;br /&gt;
According to this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file Wikipedia entry], the naming of a World file (including its extension) is based on the name of its corresponding raster image. This would make the automatic identification of World files rather difficult.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Disambiguation ==&lt;br /&gt;
ESRI (the creator of the World file format) also maintains another format that is used to define coordinate transformations in [[CAD]] datasets. Confusingly, they also refer to these files as 'World files', even though it is a completely different format. These 'World files' are typically saved with a '.wld' extension.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
No official specification appears to exist, however the following links both provide an adequate explanation of the format:&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://www.kralidis.ca/gis/worldfile.htm  ESRI World File Format]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17489 FAQ: What is the format of the world file used for georeferencing images?] (ESRI Knowledge Base)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file Wikipedia: World file] - Provides an elaborate description of the meaning of the parameters in a World file as well as a discussion of the naming/file extension conventions&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://egb13.net/2009/03/worldfile-calculator/ Online World file calculator]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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