.NTF File Description

The National Transfer Format (NTF) is a file format designed in 1988 specifically for the transfer of spatial information; it is administered by the British Standards Institution. It is now the standard transfer format for Ordnance Survey digital data. The present version (2.0) conforms to BS 7567.

Other Information For .NTF File Extension

• Company:

  Ordnance Survey (OS)

• File Type:

  National Transfer Format

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

  30 31 4F 52 44 4E 41 4E 43 45 20 53 55 52 56 45 59 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

  01ORDNANCE SURVEY