MGDS Vocabulary Terms: file_format_id

ASCII, Text file format.
ASCII:ESRI, ESRI 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).
ASCII:GMRT, Bill Haxby format ASCII "files" file used for GMRT ingestion
ASCII:MBSystemSVP, MBSystem standard sound velocity profile text file format.
Binary, A file formatted using the binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, representing using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. 
Binary:GMRT, Bill Haxby format binary grd1 files used for GMRT ingestion. 
BMP, Image file format, stands for BitMap
CARIS, Caris HIPS-formatted file
CNV, Seabird binary vendor format.
DOC, Microsoft Word Document
DTF, HOBO Temperature Probe binary vendor format
EDF, Sippican MK21 Export Data File
GEOJPEG, A georeferenced JPEG image
GEOTIFF, A TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. 
GIF, Image file format stands for Graphics Interchange Format
HTML, Hypertext Transfer Protocol
JGOFS, An ASCII file format designed by the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study to store underway hydrographic, weather and ship state information.
JPEG, An image file format, best suited for photographs, that can contain 16.7 million colors (24-bit color information), and cannot use transparency.
JSF, EdgeTech raw sidescan, also MBSystem format 132.
KEB, Knudsen binary format.
KMZ, Google Earth ASCII file format (kmz or kml) written in Keyhole Markup Language
MATLAB, Binary MATLAB vendor format. 
MBSystem, Multbeam data formats from various manufacturers that can be read with the open source MBSystem package
MGD77, Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format developed in 1977 - an ASCII file format for marine geophysical data (bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity).
MGDS:CTD, MGDS ASCII CTD basic format
MGDS:Nav, ASCII navigation file format that includes date/time, longitude and latitude.
MOV, Quicktime Movie
Multiple, Tar bundle containing multiple file formats.
NetCDF, Network Common Data Form
NetCDF:GMT, The standard GMT .grd file format for gridded data.
NotApplicable
NotProvided, Not Provided
P1, U.K.O.O.A. exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry.
P2, U.K.O.O.A. exchange format for raw marine positioning data in common use in oil and gas industry.
PDF, Portable Document Format.
PNG, Image file format stands for Portable Network Format. 
R2R:Nav, R2R ISO-compliant ASCII navigation file format comprising date/time, longitude and latitude.
RAR, Compressed archive format.
SD, File format for Fledermaus 3D visualization software. Files can be viewed with a free viewer available at http://www.ivs3d.com.
SEASOFT, Sea-Bird proprietary format. Conversion software available at website.
SEGD, One of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data.
SEGY, One of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data. Originally developed for storing single-line seismic digital data.
SHP, A popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It 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. 
SIO86, Custom format from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) for 	eXpendable BathyThermograph data.
TIFF, Image file format stands for Tagged Image File Format.
Unknown
XLS, Microsoft Excel binary vendor file format.
XTF, eXtended Triton Format (XTF) is a Triton Imaging, Inc. file format for recording various types of hydrographic survey data.
ZIP, Compressed file archive format