ICS 35.240.70                         LITD 22

Reaffirmed 2023

1. Scope

This standard specifies National Spatial Data Exchange (NSDE) format for catering the need of point, line and polygon topology and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and coded raster data. This format also accommodates various types of thematic data sets along with the associated attribute data in tabular form. This Standard is to be supplemented by individual domain servers by development of to and fro data converters for supply of data to users and for accepting data from other domain servers describing relationships among spatial features. It has the provision to include digital images acquired by satellites