Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Sc ›› 2006, Vol. 2006 ›› Issue (2): 18-26.

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Analysis of Remote Sensing Image Format —— GeoTIFF(Chinese)

CHEN Duan-wei, SHU Jiong, WANG Qiang, DUAN Yu-sen   

  1. Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University,Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2004-04-23 Revised:2004-06-01 Online:2006-03-25 Published:2006-03-25
  • Contact: SHU Jiong

Abstract: GeoTIFF, a geographically extended image format of TIFF, was studied in this paper. Description and analysis were given to TIFF format, storing methods of GeoKeys, three kinds of coordinate systems supported by GeoTIFF, six GeoTags and their relationships, as well as coordinate transformation and geocoding. Advantages of GeoTIFF were explained, and its application prospect is anticipated.

Key words: Geokey, raster space, device space, model space, geocoding, GeoTIFF, Geokey, raster space, device space, model space, geocoding

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