The Cartographic Applications Group runs just one of JPL Section 388's Science Data Processing Labs.

Group Charter:

The JPL Cartographic Applications Group is involved with many projects involving digital cartography, Geographic Information Systems, Digital Elevation Models, Terrain Analysis and Remote Sensing.

GeoTIFF Format Specification

One of the ongoing projects in the Cartographic Applications group is support for the Georeference TIFF (GeoTIFF) format, currently under development. Here is the link to the GeoTIFF Specification in HTML format.

Related Geographic Links

Comments? e-mail ndr@tazboy.jpl.nasa.gov (Niles Ritter)