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Format

ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Annotation File

Summary

Name
ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Annotation File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1591
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
Files which form part of an ArcInfo Coverage, which is a data model whose purpose is to store georelational data such as spatial location and descriptive data. Each ArcInfo Coverage resides in an ArcInfo workspace, a directory which contains two or more folders. These packages are generated using ArcGIS software, produced by Esri (https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/about-arcgis/overview.) Files with the .txt extension contain text strings describing a geographic feature, formatted in user defined tables.
Note
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000284.shtml
File extensions
txt
Source
National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Supported by
Esri / Esri

Internal signatures

ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Annotation File

Note
Magic bytes, Absolute from beginning of file: ..'ÿÿÿ.½

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0000270AFFFFFFBD
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Annotation File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.

    ESRI ArcInfo Coverage Annotation File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.