file_formatfile_format_longdescriptioninfo_urlmime_typegdal_driverXTFeXtended Triton Format (XTF)eXtended Triton Format (XTF) is a Triton Imaging, Inc. file format for recording various types of hydrographic survey data.http://www.tritonimaginginc.com/site/content/public/downloads/FileFormatInfo/application/octet-streamP1U.K.O.O.A. P1/90U.K.O.O.A. P1/90 exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry.http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/misc/technical-standardstext/plainASCII:MBSystemSVPMBSystem (ASCII)MBSystem standard sound velocity profile text file format.http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/MB-System/application/octet-streamR2R:NavText (ASCII)ISO-compliant ASCII navigation file format comprising date/time, longitude and latitude. Standard navigation file format of the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) Program.http://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/R2RNavDataFormat.pdftext/plainSEASOFTSea-Bird CTDSea-Bird proprietary format. Conversion software available at website.http://www.seabird.com/software/FTPsiteinfo.htmapplication/octet-streamKEBKEB BinaryKnudsen binary format.http://www.knudsenengineering.com/html/software/postsurvey.htmlapplication/octet-streamRDFGeoSwath Sonar Raw Data FileGeoSwath Sonar Raw Data Filehttp://www.marine-geo.org/data/field/Pritchard/LIS1304/docs/GeoSwath_RDF.pdfapplication/octet-streamCNVCNVSeabird binary vendor format.http://www.seabird.comapplication/octet-streamPDFPDFPortable Document Formathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFapplication/pdfEDFSippican MK21 Export Data FileSippican MK21 Export Data Filehttp://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/MK21XBT_EDF_DataFormat.pdftext/plainMGDS:NavText File (ASCII)ASCII navigation file format that includes date/time, longitude and latitude.http://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/MGDSNavDataFormat.pdftext/plainBMPBMP (Image)Image file format, stands for BitMaphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_bitmapimage/bmpMATLABMatlab BinaryBinary MATLAB vendor format. http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/application/octet-streamDOCMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Word Documenthttps://products.office.com/en-us/word?legRedir=true&CorrelationId=4f483997-2cb9-4a5c-863f-bd41234a3fe2application/mswordCSS3.0NNSA Core Table Database Schema CSS 3.0NNSA Core Table Database Schema CSS 3.0http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2002/023055.pdftext/plainBinary:GMRTGMRT BinaryBill Haxby format binary grd1 files used for GMRT ingestion. application/octet-streamMGD77MGD77Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format developed in 1977 - an ASCII file format for marine geophysical data (bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity).http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/dat/geodas/docs/mgd77.htmtext/plainJSFEdgeTech SidescanEdgeTech raw sidescan, also MBSystem format 132.application/octet-streamCARISCaris HIPSCaris HIPS-formatted filehttp://www.caris.com/products/hips-sips/application/octet-streamP2U.K.O.O.A. P2/94U.K.O.O.A. P2/94 exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry.http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/misc/technical-standardstext/plainDTFHOBO Temperature Probe BinaryHOBO Temperature Probe binary vendor formathttp://www.onsetcomp.com/application/octet-streamASCII:GMRTASCII Files used for GMRT input listsBill Haxby format ASCII "files" file used for GMRT ingestiontext/plainHTMLHTMLWebpage - Hypertext Transfer Protocol.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMLSEGDSEGDOne of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data.http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/misc/technical-standardsapplication/seismic-segdDIPOLE1DDIPOLE1DFormat for controlled-source electromagnetic and magnetotelluric datahttp://marineemlab.ucsd.edu/Projects/Occam/1DCSEM/index.htmlMBSystemMBSystem-compatibleMultibeam data formats from various manufacturers that can be read with the open source MBSystem packagehttp://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/MB-System/application/octet-streamSIO86Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) eXpendable BathyThermographCustom format from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) for eXpendable BathyThermograph data.http://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/SIO86DataFormat.pdftext/plainKMZGoogle Earth (KML/KMZ)Google Earth ASCII file format (kmz or kml) written in Keyhole Markup Languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmztext/plainLIBKMLNetCDF:GridNetCDF GridA gridded NetCDF data format. Use for a .grd file generated from GMT or MB-System.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDFapplication/x-netcdfnetCDFGEOJPEGGeoreferenced JPEG ImageA georeferenced JPEG imageimage/jpegJPEGNetCDFNetCDFNetwork Common Data Formhttp://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/application/x-netcdfMOVQuicktime MovieQuicktime Moviehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mov#QuickTime_file_formatvideo/quicktimeBinaryBinaryA file formatted using the binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, representing using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. Must be accompanied by a full description of the file format.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_systemapplication/octet-streamJGOFSJGOFS (ASCII)An ASCII file format designed by the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study to store underway hydrographic, weather and ship state information.http://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/JGOFSDataFormat.pdftext/plainPH5PH5IRIS PASSCAL format that improves upon the SEG-Y formathttp://www.passcal.nmt.edu/content/ph5-what-itHMRGBinary (Bathymetry/Sidescan)Hawaii in-house BS (bathymetry/sidescan) binary file format developed over recent decades to handle data sets from the DSL-120, IMI30, MR1 and similar HMRG platforms.application/octet-streamSEEDStandard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data (SEED)Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data (SEED)http://www.iris.edu/manuals/SEED_chpt1.htmSACSeismic Analysis Code (SAC)IRIS PASSCAL format used with Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) softwarehttp://www.iris.edu/KB/questions/13/SAC+file+formatASCIIText File (ASCII)Text file format. Should contain a header describing contents of the file, including units.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCIItext/plainXLSMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel binary vendor file format. Can be accommodated, but ASCII files are preferred to ensure longevity of access to data files.https://products.office.com/en-us/excel?legRedir=true&CorrelationId=cfab0e96-8a03-4547-bb4d-3173d4a10fabapplication/vnd.ms-excelUHDASBinaryUniversity of Hawaii Data Acquisition System format for ADCP datahttp://currents.soest.hawaii.edu/docs/doc/SEGYSEGYOne of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data. Originally developed for storing single-line seismic digital data.http://seg.org/Portals/0/SEG/News%20and%20Resources/Technical%20Standards/seg_y_rev1.pdfapplication/seismic-segyASCII:TSNText File (ASCII, LDEO Shotpoint Nav Format)LDEO Shotpoint Nav ASCII formattext/plainTIFFTIFFTagged Image File Formathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Formatimage/tiffJPEGJPEG ImageAn image file format, best suited for photographs, that can contain 16.7 million colors (24-bit color information), and cannot use transparency.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEGimage/jpegNonLinLocNonLinLocStandard format for seismic velocity models and earthquake location catalogueshttp://alomax.free.fr/nlloc/XMLXMLExtensible Markup Languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLPSPostScriptAdobe PostScript Formathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScriptapplication/postscriptPPTPowerPointMicrosoft PowerPoint Filehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPointapplication/vnd.ms-powerpointMP4MP4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4GDBESRI GeoDataBaseESRI GeoDataBaseFileGDBSHPShapefileShapefiles - A popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. The format is developed and regulated by ESRI as a (mostly) open specification for data interoperability among ESRI and other software products. Shapefiles spatially describe geometries: points, polylines, and polygons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefileapplication/vnd.esri-shapefileESRI ShapefileRFFRFFRaw data format from Kongsberg GeoSwath interferometric system, contains bathymetry and sidescan. Can be read with software packages such as Caris and SonarWiz.Fledermaus:SceneFledermaus Scene Binary formatFledermaus Scene visualization format. Files can be viewed with a free viewer available at http://www.ivs3d.com.https://qps.nl/application/octet-streamFledermaus:SDFledermaus SD Binary formatFledermaus 3D visualization file format. Files can be viewed with a free viewer available at http://www.ivs3d.com.http://www.ivs3d.com/products/iview3d/application/octet-streamGIFGIF (Image)Image file format stands for Graphics Interchange Formathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIFimage/gifGIFBAGBathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG)Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) is a file format designed to store and exchange bathymetric data.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathymetric_attributed_gridBAGASCII:ESRIESRI ASCII GridESRI ASCII grid format. The first six lines indicate georeferencing information for the grid, followed by the values listed in the order they would naturally appear (left-right, top-down).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESRI_gridapplication/vnd.esri-asciigridAAIGridGEOTIFFGeoTIFF (Raster)A TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/image/geotiffGTiffPNGPNGImage file format stands for Portable Network Format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNGimage/pngPNGHDF5Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), version 5Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), version 5https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/application/x-hdf5HDF5ASCII:GXFASCII GXF gridGrid eXchange File - an ASCII grid format developed by GeoSoft and commonly used for gravity/magnetics studies https://www.geosoft.com/media/uploads/resources/technical-notes/gxfr3d9_1.pdftext/plainGXFWAVWAV - Waveform Audio File FormatWaveform Audio File Format, for audio datahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAVASCII:SourceInfoText file (ASCII, Langseth source info)LDEO Langseth source shot number, volume, pressure data, First appeared with cruise MGL2104.GEOPNGGEOPNGA georeferenced PNG fileimage/pngPNGSEABIRD:TSGSeabird TSG raw/converted (tsgconv) formatSeaBird TSG format for TSG raw and TSGCONV converted data. Used on Langseth cruises mainly in 2009 (from MGL0814 to MGL0910).https://www.marine-geo.org/references/formats/Seabird_TSG_formats.pdfapplication/pdf