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| Subject: | RE: GISList: de facto standards |
| Date: |
07/31/2003 08:10:01 PM |
| From: |
Dimitri Rotow |
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> Hi , I would like to ask what universal data formats (both
> "old" and "new", binary or ASCII) should be used to ensure
> portability of digital maps - both raster and vector among most
> of the available GIS software without a risk of information
> loss. Thanks in advance Viktoras
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Easy. For vector data use ESRI .shp files, making sure to save the data in
unprojected (lat/lon) form. This is a least common denominator in that
shapefiles are openly documented and are read by just about every piece of
GIS software on the planet. For rasters, use GeoTIFF.
Cheers,
Dimitri
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