Format

Digital Terrain Elevation Data

Summary

Name: Digital Terrain Elevation Data
Identifiers: PUID: x-fmt/314
Format type: GIS
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File extensions: dted, dt0, dt1, dt2, avg, min, max
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Note: User Header Label (UHL1), Western or Eastern Hemisphere, Northern or Southern Hemisphere, Data Set Identification(DSI). There is also security classification code (S, C, U, R) that appears in the file. Files with extensions .dt0, .avg, .min and .max are typically unclassified, while those with extensions dt1 and dt2 are typically classified.