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SOSI

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Summary

Name
SOSI
Version
4.5
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/1249
  • MIME: text/vnd.sosi
Format type
GIS
Description
SOSI is an abbreviation of Samordnet Opplegg for Stedfestet Informasjon, translating to Systematic Organisation of Spatial Information in English. SOSI is a file format used for exchanging digital geodata published initially in 1987 by the Norwegian Mapping Authority. The standard includes definitions for geometry, topology, data quality, coordinate systems, attributes and metadata. It is a widely used in file format for Norwegian map data.
Note
https://www.kartverket.no/geodataarbeid/Standarder/SOSI/
File extensions
sos
Submitted by
Norwegian Unix Users Group / Norwegian Unix Users Group

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

SOSI Version 4.5

Description
BOF: Magic bytes: {0-10} ‘HODE’{0-300}’SOSI-VERSJON’{0-5}'4.5'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
10
Byte Sequence
484F4445{0-300}534F53492D564552534A4F4E{0-5}342E35
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    • Added format

      SOSI 4.5: Full entry added. Submitted by Norwegian Unix Users Group.

    • Added signature

      SOSI 4.5: Signature developed and samples provided by Norwegian Unix Users Group.