Standard Interchange Format, called SIF, is a
geospatial
Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position).
It is also ca ...
data exchange format. A standard or neutral format used to move graphics files between
DOD Project 2851 and is currently codified in Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata maintained by the
Federal Geographic Data Committee
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is a United States government committee which promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. Its 32 members are representatives from the E ...
.
Unit 69 of the NCGIA Core Corriculum in GIS states that SIF is a "popular data exchange format for many GIS packages" and was "developed to support exchange of data between
Intergraph
Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of Hexagon AB. It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the w ...
and other systems."
Navteq uses Standard Interchange Format (SIF)
Another example of data available in SIF format can be found online from the
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...
's BOREAS project that also claims that the SIF format is "not well documented."
Additional criticism of SIF, along with recognition of SIF's ubiquity and utility for exchanging data, is acknowledged in the online journal article "Is a Standard Terrain Data Format Necessary?"
["Is a Standard Terrain Data Format Necessary?"
Sabrina Sestito and David Marlow : Air Operations Division, DSTO, PO Box 4331, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia available online a]
See also
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Map database management Map database management systems are software programs designed to store and recall spatial information for navigation applications, and are thus a form of Geographic information system. They are widely used in localization and navigation, especiall ...
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