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CERA: Lists of Values for the FORMAT table

Examples of Contents of the CERA LOV "FORMAT" (as used at PIK)
format_acronym format_descr
not filledno format information filled in
UNKNOWNFormat not known
ARCARC/INFO format, unspecified
ARCEARC/INFO Export format
ARCGARC/INFO Generate format
ASCIIASCII file, formatted for text attributes, declared format
BILImagery, band interleaved by line
BIPImagery, band interleaved by pixel
BSQImagery, band interleaved sequential
BUFRWMO-Format for the observational data transmitted over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS)
CDFCommon Data Format
CFFCartographic Feature File (U.S. Forest Service)
CGMComputer Graphics Metafile
COORDUser-created coordinate file, declared format
DBFdbase
DEMDigital Elevation Model format(U.S. Geological Survey)
DFADDigital Feature Analysis Data (Defense Mapping Agency)
DGNMicrostation format (Intergraph Corporation)
DIGESTDigital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
DLGDigital Line Graph (U.S. Geological Survey)
DTEDDigital Terrain Elevation Data (MIL-D-89020)
DWGAutoCAD Drawing format
DX90Data Exchange '90
DXFAutoCAD Drawing Exchange Format
ERDASERDAS image files (ERDAS Corporation)
EPSEncapsulated Postscript format
GIFGraphic Interchange Format
GRASSGeographic Resources Analysis Support System
GRIBWMO format GRIdded Binary data
HDFHierarchical Data Format
IDRISIIDRISI format
IGDSInteractive Graphic Design System format (Intergraph Corp.)
IGESInitial Graphics Exchange Standard
JPEGJoint Photographic Experts Group format
LOCALnot normalized local file format
MOSSMultiple Overlay Statistical System export file
netCDFnetwork Common Data Format
NITFNational Imagery Transfer Format
ORACLEORACLE Data Base
PBMPortable Bit Map format
PSPostscript format
RPFRaster Product Format (Defense Mapping Agency)
RVCRaster Vector Converted format (MicroImages)
RVFRaster Vector Format (MicroImages)
SDTSSpatial Data Transfer Standard (Fed.Inf.Processing Stnd. 173)
SIFStandard Interchange Format (DOD Project 2851)
SLFStandard Linear Format (Defense Mapping Agency)
TGRLNTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Line format (Bureau of the Census)
TIFFTagged Image File Format
VPFVector Product Format (Defense Mapping Agency)
XLSExcel
XWDX-Windows Dump

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