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Format

Geosoft Map Description File

Summary

Name
Geosoft Map Description File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1726
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
File format developed by Geosoft to integrate all graphics elements such as polygons, lines and text and layers (images, data, basemaps, plots and grids) constructed in Oasis montaj software.
File extensions
mdf
Source
National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Developed by
Geosoft
Supported by
Geosoft

Internal signatures

Geosoft Map Description File

Note
BOF, offset 56, magic bytes: / xs,ys,mb,mr,mt,ml

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
56
Max offset
56
Byte Sequence
2F2078732C79732C6D622C6D722C6D742C6D6C
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V107

    Release date
    21 July 2022

    Geosoft Map Description File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.

    Geosoft Map Description File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.