Data File Formats
These binary file formats are for
data exchange using
MSBFIRST
byte ordering:
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BIP
Bit Planes Grid
(monochrome images)
FIN
Floating point and
Integer Numbers
Licensing FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
about the BIP and FIN formats
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“Part of the difficulty of
utilizing GISs for geoscience applications
resides with GIS data
structures”
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Bishop & Shroder,
GIScience &
Mountain Geomorphology,
p. 2
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“surface data structure should merely imply
a format for storing the geometric and
topological information”
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Sanjay Rana,
Topological Data
Structures for Surfaces,
p. 4
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Other Formats:
GSHHS
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