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 "id": "bigtiff",
 "name": "BigTIFF",
 "category": "image",
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   "tiff",
   "tf8",
   "btf"
  ],
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   "Q28205771"
  ],
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    "notes": "BigTIFF little endian"
   },
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "4d4d002b00080000",
    "notes": "BigTIFF big endian"
   },
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "49492b00"
   },
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "4d4d002b"
   }
  ],
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   {
    "name": "BigTIFF little endian",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "49492b0008000000"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "name": "BigTIFF big endian",
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     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "4d4d002b00080000"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
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 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "BigTIFF is a file format intended to behave similarly to the TIFF file format, however is extended to support 64bit offset values.",
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   "name": "ArcGIS",
   "url": "https://www.esri.com/software/arcgis",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "ENVI",
   "url": "https://www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com/Products/ENVI",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Global Mapper",
   "url": "https://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "GMS",
   "url": "http://aquaveo.com/software/gms-groundwater-modeling-system-introduction",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "LibTIFF",
   "url": "https://libtiff.gitlab.io/libtiff/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "libtiff License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "MediaRich Server",
   "url": "https://equilibrium.com/mediarichserver/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "netScope Server",
   "url": "https://www.netscope.de/en/networking/server",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "netScope Viewer",
   "url": "https://www.netscope.de/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "OpenSlide",
   "url": "https://openslide.org/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q1936840",
   "url": "https://www.darktable.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Zoomify",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56298707",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  }
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 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/BigTIFF",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1917",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1917",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q28205771",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28205771",
   "kind": "wiki"
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  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}