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A UK standard, administered by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), for the transfer of geographic data. The standard was published in 1987, but substantially revised in 1989. Four levels of data are identified: 0, raster, or gridded; 1, simple vector; 2, multiple attribute and quality data; and 5, a used-definable data description.

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The National Transfer Format (NTF) is a file format designed in 1988 specifically for the transfer of spatial information; it is administered by the British Standards Institution. It is now the standard transfer format for Ordnance Survey digital data. The present version (2.0) conforms to BS 7567.

(Source:- Ordnance Survey (GB) web site)

References

  • British Standard BS 7567: Electronic transfer of geographic information (NTF), 1992.
    • Part 1: Specification for NTF structures
    • Part 2: Specification for implementing plain NTF
    • Part 3: Specification for implementing NTF using BS 6690 (= ISO 8211)

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