GDB Technology Supported File Formats

PCI Geomatics software utilizes Generic Database (GDB) Technology to directly read and write raster, vector and other information from an extensive list of supported file formats allowing quick and direct access to data.

The list of GDB supported formats is constantly being expanded. As new geospatial formats appear, the GDB is updated by the PCI Geomatics development team. Many popular formats such as those used by Arc/INFO, ArcView, AutoCAD and MicroStation are fully supported.

Read below for a summary of formats which are supported for reading / writing through GDB technology.

 GDB Technology Supported File Formats
    Read Write
ABG
Arc/Info Grid (Binary)
Yes
ADRG
ARC Digitized Raster Graphics CD
Yes
AGE
Arc/Info Generate
Yes
Yes
AIB
Arc/Info Coverage (Binary)
Yes
ARS
Aries (DIPIX) Image
Yes
AVH
NOAA-AVHRR Data Format
Yes
BIG
BigIdea
Yes
Yes
BIL
Arc/Info BIL
Yes
Yes
BIP
Arc/Info BIP
Yes
BMP
OS/2 or Windows Bitmap
Yes
Yes
CCG
CCOGIF 2.3
Yes
CGM
Computer Graphic Metafile
Yes
CIM
CoastWatch IMGMAP
Yes
COT
Intergraph Raster
Yes
Yes
DAFI
DAFIF
Yes
DAO
Data Access Objects
Yes
Yes
DB
Corel Paradox
Yes
DBF
xBase Table
Yes
Yes
DDF
SDTS Catalog Directory Files
Yes
DEM
USGS DEM (Optional)
Yes
DGN
MicroStation Design (pre-v8 only)
Yes
Yes
DLG
USGS Digital Line Graph
Yes
Yes
DO2
USGS DOQ post-mid-1997 (.doq)
Yes
DOQ
USGS DOQ pre-mid-1997
Yes
DRI
ADRI - Arc Digitized Raster Image
Yes
DSP
Video Display
Yes
DTD
DMA DTED (CD-ROM)
Yes
Yes
DTE
GDE Digital Terrain Model
Yes
DVC
Idrisi Vector
Yes
Yes
DVD
Survey of India Digital Vector Data
Yes
Yes
DVOF
DVOF
Yes
DXF
Autocad DXF 14
Yes
Yes
E00
Arc/Info Import/Export
Yes
Yes
ECW
ER Mapper Compressed Raster
Yes
Yes
EFF
EOSAT Fast Format (CD-ROM)
Yes
ELAS
ELAS Raster
Yes
EPH
DIEPS Raster
Yes
Yes
ERD
ERDAS
Yes
Yes
ERS
ER Mapper Raster
Yes
Yes
ESI
Envisat
Yes
GAV
Generic ASCII Vector
Yes
Yes
GDA
PAMAP GIS Map
Yes
GGF
Geosoft Grid File 2.0
Yes
Yes
GIA
VISION GINA Interchange
Yes
GIF
Compuserve GIF (tm)
Yes
Yes
GML
OGC GML
Yes
GRD
Arc/Info Grid (ASCII)
Yes
Yes
GRF
Ilwis 2.x Vectors (.GR#)
Yes
GRS
GRASS
Yes
Yes
GTE
GDB Text Export
Yes
Yes
GTH
DSSAT Growth Output File
Yes
GXF
GXF Version 2.00
Yes
Yes
HD4
NCSA HDF Version 4
Yes
Yes
HDF
NCSA Hierarchical Data Format
Yes
Yes
HDR
GTOPO30
Yes
HEG
HDF EOS Grid (.hdf)
Yes
Yes
HES
HDF EOS Swath (.hdf)
Yes
Yes
HGT
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Yes
HID
HIDISK
Yes
HLV
Helava Scanner (.d)
Yes
Yes
IFF
Laser-Scan IFF Text
Yes
Yes
IIS
IIS (VISTA/PRISM) Raster
Yes
IMG
Erdas Imagine Image
Yes
Yes
INF
Arc/Info Table (Info format)
Yes
JP2
JPEG 2000
Yes
Yes
JPG
JPEG JFIF
Yes
Yes
KML Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language   Yes
LAS
LAS 5.0
Yes
LASF LASF 1.0 Yes Yes
LIM
LGSOWG Image
Yes
LIP
Gould LIPS
Yes
Yes
LOL
List of Light
Yes
LSC
Laser-Scan
Yes
Yes
LVC
NIMA DFAD (lvc)
Yes
MAP
SPANS Raster Quadtree
Yes
MDB
Microsoft Access
Yes
Yes
MEM
MEM DEM
Yes
MFF
Atlantis MFF
Yes
MIF
MapInfo Data Interchange Format
Yes
Yes
MPA
Ilwis Polygons
Yes
MPP
Ilwis Points
Yes
MPR
Ilwis Raster
Yes
MPS
Ilwis Vectors
Yes
NDF
NLAPS Data Format
Yes
NET
Arc/Info UNGENERATETIN
Yes
NITF
National Imagery Transmission Format
Yes
Yes
NTF
NTF 2.0
Yes
NTFA
NTF Address Point
Yes
NTFB
NTF Boundary Line
Yes
NTFC
NTF Contours
Yes
NTFD
NTF BaseData.GB
Yes
NTFL
NTF Land-Line
Yes
NTFM
NTF Meridian
Yes
NTFO
NTF Oscar
Yes
NTFS
NTF Strategi
Yes
NTX
Binary NTX format
Yes
NVI
ENVI Image Format (.hdr)
Yes
Yes
OBJ
Socet Set Annotation
Yes
ODBC
ODBC
Yes
OGD
OGDI Data Server
Yes
ORB
ORBIMAGE SeaWiFS Data Format
Yes
PCX
PCX Raster
Yes
Yes
PIX
PCIDSK
Yes
Yes
PLT
Geosoft Neutral Plot File
Yes
Yes
PPM
PPM
Yes
Yes
RAW
Raw Image (user described)
Yes
Yes
RDC
Idrisi Raster (.img) (.doc) (.rst)
Yes
Yes
RGB
Intergraph Raster
Yes
Yes
RNH
SPANS Raster
Yes
Yes
RPF
RPF File
Yes
RST
RST ASCII format
Yes
Yes
SHP
ArcView Shapefile
Yes
Yes
SID
MrSID Raster
Yes
SPC
ISDAS Spectra
Yes
SPL
Spectral Library
Yes
Yes
SPS
Canadian SpotSAR
Yes
SPV
SpotView 4.0
Yes
Yes
SQD
Siemens SICAD
Yes
SSI
Generic Socet Set Image Format
Yes
STK
Arc/Info Stack
Yes
SUM
DSSAT Summary Output File
Yes
Yes
SUN
Sun Raster
Yes
Yes
SWF
SeaWiFS L1A Data Format
Yes
TAB
MapInfo Table's
Yes
Yes
TBA
SPANS ASCII Table
Yes
Yes
TBB
SPANS Internal Point/Table
Yes
Yes
TBT
Ilwis Table
Yes
TGA
TARGA
Yes
Yes
TIF
TIFF 6.0
Yes
Yes
TXT
OTH-Gold Vector File
Yes
UNI
UNIDSK-VMS
Yes
VEH
SPANS ASCII Vectors
Yes
Yes
VIC
VICAR
Yes
VIT
VITec
Yes
Yes
VQ
HIBR Hyperspectral Image
Yes
VTX
SPANS Internal Vectors
Yes
WMP
WorldMap
Yes
WTH
DSSAT Weather File
Yes
Yes
XBM
X-Windows Bitmap Format
Yes
Yes
XLS
Microsoft Excel
Yes
Yes
XWD
X Window Dump
Yes
Yes