The Table 280 outlines the most important graphic formats, which can be imported into Visum via graphic object type backgrounds.
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File type |
Description |
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*.bmp (dib) |
Bitmap: pixel-based Windows standard format |
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*.wmf (emf) |
Windows Metafile: both vector- and pixel-based Windows graphic format (standard and enhanced format) |
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*.gif |
Graphics Interchange Format: pixel-based standard format by Compuserve for internet applications |
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*.jpg |
Joint Photographic Experts Group: standard pixel-based format for internet applications developed by an ISO experts group |
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*.jp2 |
The JPEG2000 format also published by Joint Photographic Experts Group. Compared to JPG, this format offers a better compression rate and can also receive meta data. |
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*.png |
Portable Network Graphics: License-free raster graphics format for Internet applications. It was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to replace GIF and JPG. |
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*.tif |
Tagged Image File: pixel based default format for DTP and scanner applications; also with CCITT compression |
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*.tga |
Targa: Pixel-based format by Truevision for professional image processing on Workstations |
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*.dwg |
A CAD format developed by Autodesk for CAD software AutoCad. The DWG format today, is a de facto standard for CAD data exchange and the most commonly used drawing data format. |
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*.dxf |
Drawing Interchange Format: A vector graphic format developed by Autodesk, for CAD data exchange, which was developed for the CAD program AutoCAD. A *.dxf file writes a CAD model (for example a technical drawing) as text according to the ASCII standard. |
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*.ecw |
Enhanced Compression Wavelet: ECW is a raster graphic format, which allows very high compression rates. It is therefore ideal for saving aerial photographs and satellite images. |
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*.shp |
Shape files are a data format for geodata, which are used in most GIS. The data format is ideal for including GIS data in Visum (Shape files as a GIS interface). |
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*.sid |
Multiresolution seamless image database MrSID is a compressed format for raster graphics. It is ideal for cartographic data and satellite images. |
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*.svg |
Scalable Vector Graphics Standard for describing two-dimensional vector graphics in the XML syntax. The main language volume can be displayed by the most used web browsers without additional plug-ins (for example Firefox). A plug-in such as the SVG Viewer by Adobe allows the display on the Internet Explorer. |
