# writers.nitf

The NITF format is a US Department of Defense format for the transmission of imagery. It supports various formats inside a generic wrapper.

Note

LAS inside of NITF is widely supported by software that uses NITF for point cloud storage, and LAZ is supported by some softwares. No other content type beyond those two is widely supported as of January of 2016.

Default Embedded Stage

This stage is enabled by default

Streamable Stage

This stage supports streaming operations

## Example

Example One

    {
      "pipeline":[
        {
          "type":"readers.las",
          "filename":"inputfile.las"
        },
        {
          "type":"writers.nitf",
          "compression":"laszip",
          "idatim":"20160102220000",
          "forward":"all",
          "acftb":"SENSOR_ID:LIDAR,SENSOR_ID_TYPE:LILN",
          "filename":"outputfile.ntf"
        }
      ]
    }

Example Two

    {
      "pipeline":[
        {
          "type":"readers.las",
          "filename":"inputfile.las"
        },
        {
          "type":"writers.nitf",
          "compression":"laszip",
          "idatim":"20160102220000",
          "forward":"all",
          "acftb":"SENSOR_ID:LIDAR,SENSOR_ID_TYPE:LILN",
          "aimidb":"ACQUISITION_DATE:20160102235900",
          "filename":"outputfile.ntf"
        }
      ]
    }

## Options

filename
  NITF file to write. The writer will accept a filename containing a single placeholder character (‘#’). If input to the writer consists of multiple PointViews, each will be written to a separate file, where the placeholder will be replaced with an incrementing integer. If no placeholder is found, all PointViews provided to the writer are aggregated into a single file for output. Multiple PointViews are usually the result of using filters.splitter, filters.chipper or filters.divider.
clevel
  File complexity level (2 characters) [Default: 03]
stype
  Standard type (4 characters) [Default: BF01]
ostaid
  Originating station ID (10 characters) [Default: PDAL]
ftitle
  File title (80 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsclas
  File security classification (‘T’, ‘S’, ‘C’, ‘R’ or ‘U’) [Default: U]
oname
  Originator name (24 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
ophone
  Originator phone (18 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsctlh
  File control and handling (2 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fsclsy
  File classification system (2 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
idatim
  Image date and time (format: ‘CCYYMMDDhhmmss’). Required. [Default: AIMIDB.ACQUISITION_DATE if set or <spaces>]
iid2
  Image identifier 2 (80 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
fscltx
  File classification text (43 characters) [Default: <spaces>]
aimidb
  Comma separated list of name/value pairs to complete the AIMIDB (Additional Image ID) TRE record (format name:value). Required: ACQUISITION_DATE, will default to IDATIM value. [Default: NITF defaults]
acftb
  Comma separated list of name/value pairs to complete the ACFTB (Aircraft Information) TRE record (format name:value). Required: SENSOR_ID, SENSOR_ID_TYPE [Default: NITF defaults]