Geospatial

Revision as of 14:15, 16 November 2020

"When it comes to location data, the principle should be “location, location, location"

— Zoe Lofgren #CFP2013 (via Cory Doctorow)

Cross reference

See also:

• the Scientific Data formats section
• Coordinate system
• Graphics

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
• Meta Raster Format (MRF)
• 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

• ArcPad
• Microsoft MapPoint

Position logging

• consolidated.db - iPhone "secret" file logging where you've been

Sites, cloud services, and APIs

• Bing Maps
• Foursquare
• Google Maps
• Open Street Map
• Web Map Service (WMS)

Uncategorized

• ERDAS
• ESRI
• PYT

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