NITF Format (NTF)

The NITF (National Imagery Transmission Format) file format is a raster file format created by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). (For more information, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Imagery_Transmission_Format).

The default extension used by this format is: NTF.

LEAD supports version 2.1 of this file format.

LEAD supports complexity level (CLEVEL) 3.

This file format does not support progressive loads and saves, multi-page files, stamps, or Lossless JPEG compression.

NITF files contain both raster and non-raster data and so NITF files cannot be saved using the standard raster library. Use the separate NITF library to create and save NITF files

Support for this file format can be unlocked using the following support constant: L_SUPPORT_NITF.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Standard Library

NITF Library

Required DLL: LTNTF. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.