The ESRI World format stores the image-coordinates-to-world-coordinates transformation data resulting from the georeferencing process executed in the Map Assistant.
The resulting file contains the transformation factors A to F defining the registering of the image in accordance with the equation below:
- x' = A x + B y + C
- y' = D x + E y + F
with x,y = Image coordinates x',y'= Real world coordinates A = x-scale B,D = rotation terms C,F = translation terms E = y-scale (negative)
Example for a .tfw file:
4.23214625853148 - A 0.00000000000000 - D 0.00000000000000 - B -4.23214625853148 - E 3404018.70881921 - C 5819863.55539414 - F
From:http://geos.gsi.gov.il/vladi/FEFLOW/help/general/file_format.html#tfw_file