NIST Viewer for Windows

Display and view ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000 , ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 and ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 biometric files.

NIST Viewer for Windows

Display and view ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000 , ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 and ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 biometric files, the viewer integrates seamlessly with windows to allow the easy display of fingerprint, iris and profile images along with all other associated biometrics. Our NIST Viewer is built using Net-X Solutions Impex Library and WSQ Library.

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Downloads

FREE NIST Viewer

NIST Viewer is a free tool to open and view all ANSI NIST files and is available free to download, This viewer has been built using our proven NIST Impex Library and WSQ Library.

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64 bit Windows
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Features

Supported Record and Images Types

NIST Viewer supports many record types and image formats, for a complete list please see below:

Supported Record Types

  • Type 1 File Transaction info
  • Type 2 Alpha PCI data
  • Type 3,4,5,6 Fingerprint Image Data
  • Type 7,16 User Defined Image Data
  • Type 8 Signature Data
  • Type 9 Minutia
  • Type 10 Facial Image Data
  • Type 10 Scars Marks and Tattoos
  • Type 11 Voice Data
  • Type 13 Latent Prints
  • Type 14 Tenprint Fingerprint Impressions
  • Type 15 Palm Prints
  • Type 17 Iris Data
  • Type 18 DNA Data
  • Type 19 Plantar
  • Type 20 Source Representation
  • Type 21 Associated context
  • Type 22 Non-photographic imagery
  • Type 98 Information assurance
  • Type 99 CBEFF Biometric Data

Supported Image Formats

  • RAW
  • WSQ (FBI Certified to 3.1 Specification)
  • PNG
  • JPEG Baseline (ISO/IEC 10918)
  • JPEG Lossless (ISO/IEC 10918)
  • JPEG 2000 Baseline (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
  • JPEG 2000 Lossless (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
Editions

FREE and Paid Edition comparison

We're proud to provide the NIST Viewer of choice to agencies worldwide, and to support their crucial work, that's why we offer a FREE edition.

And for those who need more advanced features, purchasing a licence unlocks these, please see our feature comparison below.

NIST Viewer Individual Free £0 Paid
£64 exVAT
Viewing ANSI NIST files
Printing/Exporting Ten Print Cards
Printing/Exporting Palm Cards
Viewing Type 9 overlays
Editing Fields
Saving ANSI NIST files
Validate NIST files
View FMR files
Insert FMR files as type 9
Support
Screenshots and features

Take a look at some of NIST Viewers features.

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Display Record Info

Easily display an associated records info

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Type 1 and 2

Easily view the Type 1 and Type 2 fields

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Create Tenprint

Open a NIST File containing fingerprint images

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Export to Tenprint

A NIST file converted to a Tenprint TIFF

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Export to Tenprint FD-258

A NIST file converted to a FBI FD-258 Tenprint TIFF

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Minutia Overlay

Display type 9 minutia as overlays

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Validate

Validate NIST files to ensure specification compliance