writers.nitf¶

The NITF format is a US Department of Defense format for the transmission of imagery. It supports various formats inside a generic wrapper. However, the PDAL NITF writer only supports LAS/LAZ data.

Example¶

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Pipeline version="1.0">
  <Writer type="writers.nitf">
    <Option name="filename">mynitf.nitf</Option>
    <Option name="oname">James Alexander</Option>
    <Option name="ophone">646-322-3123</Option>
    <Reader type="readers.las">
      <Option name="filename">inputfile.las</Option>
    </Reader>
  </Writer>
</Pipeline>

Options¶

filename: NITF file to write. The writer will accept a filename containing a single placeholder character (‘#’). If input to the writer consists of multiple PointViews, each will be written to a separate file, where the placeholder will be replaced with an incrementing integer. If no placeholder is found, all PointViews provided to the writer are aggregated into a single file for output. Multiple PointViews are usually the result of using filters.splitter, filters.chipper or filters.divider.
clevel: File complexity level (2 characters) [Default: 03]
stype: Standard type (4 characters) [Default: BF01]
ostaid: Originating station ID (10 characters) [Default: PDAL]
ftitle: File title (80 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsclas: File security classification (‘T’, ‘S’, ‘C’, ‘R’ or ‘U’) [Default: U]
oname: Originator name (24 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
ophone: Originator phone (18 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsctlh: File control and handling (2 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsclsy: File classification system (2 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
idatim: Image date and time (format: ‘CCYYMMDDhhmmss’) [Default: <spaces>]
iid2: Image identifier 2 (80 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fscltx: File classification text (43 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
aimidb: Comma separated list of name/value pairs to complete the AIMIDB (Additional Image ID) TRE record (format name:value) [Default: None]
acftb: Comma separated list of name/value pairs to complete the ACFTB (Aircraft Information) TRE record (format name:value) [Default: None]