This file represents a local media-type registration for use within the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

It is not an official IANA media type as defined by: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

For more information see: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/resources/media-types#local-media-types

A pseudo media-type template follows.

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(registered 2026-06-29, last updated 2026-06-29)

Media type name: image

Media subtype name: geo+tiff

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

Derived from: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/tiff

Published specification:

OGC GeoTIFF Standard

http://www.opengis.net/doc/IS/GeoTIFF/1.1

Applications which use this media type:

TIFF images which contain georeferencing information.

File extension(s): .tif, .tiff

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: NONE

Additional Information:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoTIFF
- https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000279.shtml

Author:

- Felix Fennell ,
  Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC)

Change controller:

https://gitlab.data.bas.ac.uk/uk-pdc/metadata-infrastructure/metadata-standards (Internal)