Format
ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid
Summary
- Name
- ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid
- Identifiers
- PUID: x-fmt/218
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- An Arc/Info binary grid is a proprietary raster GIS file format developed by ESRI. The grid defines geographic space as an array of equally sized square grid points arranged in rows and columns. Each grid point stores a numeric value that represents a geographic attribute such as elevation or surface slope. Each grid cell is referenced by its x,y coordinate.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
adf - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid Raster File
- Provenance
- Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute (Candidate Internal Signatures for File Formats in PRONOM Registry; 05/06/2010).
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0000270AFFFF(FC14|FBF8)- Endianness
- Little-endian
Changelog
-
V45
- Release date
- 6 December 2010
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Added signature
ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.
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Updated
ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid.: File format description submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.