ECW

E902850

ECW is a proprietary wavelet-based compressed raster image format commonly used for large geospatial and aerial imagery datasets.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
ECW canonical 3
ECW (WWE brand) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proprietary file format ⓘ
raster image file format ⓘ
competesWith GeoTIFF with compression ⓘ
JPEG 2000 ⓘ
MrSID ⓘ
compressionType lossy compression ⓘ
wavelet-based compression ⓘ
dataType binary file format ⓘ
designedFor geographic information systems ⓘ
remote sensing applications ⓘ
web mapping services ⓘ
feature efficient disk space usage ⓘ
fast display of large images ⓘ
high compression ratios for large imagery ⓘ
progressive rendering ⓘ
support for coordinate reference systems via metadata ⓘ
support for georeferencing information ⓘ
support for overviews ⓘ
support for pyramidal image structures ⓘ
support for very large image dimensions ⓘ
tiling support ⓘ
visually lossless quality at high compression ⓘ
fileExtension .ecw ⓘ
fullName Enhanced Compressed Wavelet ⓘ
hasMetadata coordinate system information ⓘ
georeferencing parameters ⓘ
geospatial metadata ⓘ
optimizedFor fast zoom and pan operations ⓘ
large-area imagery mosaics ⓘ
primaryUse storage of aerial imagery ⓘ
storage of large geospatial imagery ⓘ
storage of satellite imagery ⓘ
supports fast random access ⓘ
large image datasets ⓘ
multiband imagery ⓘ
on-the-fly decompression ⓘ
raster data ⓘ
streaming of imagery over networks ⓘ
typicalDomain aerial survey industry ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ
geospatial industry ⓘ
mapping and cartography ⓘ
typicalUsers GIS professionals ⓘ
aerial survey companies ⓘ
remote sensing analysts ⓘ
usedWith GIS desktop software ⓘ
remote sensing analysis tools ⓘ
web GIS servers ⓘ

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