# NOAA_B -- NOAA GEOCON/NADCON5 .b format

Added in version 3.7.

Driver short name

NOAA_B

Driver built-in by default

This driver is built-in by default

GDAL supports reading geodetic grids in the NOAA .b binary format used for GEOCON and NADCON5 grids.

## Driver capabilities

Supports Georeferencing

This driver supports georeferencing

Supports VirtualIO

This driver supports virtual I/O operations (/vsimem/, etc.)

## See also

- Format specification: See paragraph 10.2, ".b grids (GEOCON and NADCON 5.0)"