TIFF

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format. A common image file format developed by Adobe. TIFF files are usually identified with a ".tif" or ".tiff" file extension.

TIFF involves loss-less data-compression (cf compression). It is well suited (i.e. gives good compression) on images which have bands of the same colour, such as maps.

For more information see:

• http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/tiff/specification.jsp - TIFF Specification.
• Unofficial TIFF home page (archived). Not updated, but still contains a good source of information on TIFF.
• http://everything.explained.at/Tagged_Image_File_Format - Tagged Image File (TIFF) Explained.
• www.guidetocomputertraining.com/library/tiff - TIFF Uses and History.