<html> <head> <title>GDAL Raster Formats</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <h1>GDAL Raster Formats</h1> <table border> <tr> <th>Long Format Name</th> <th>Code</th> <th>Creation</th> <th>Georeferencing</th> <th>Maximum file size<sup><a href="#footnote1">1</a></sup></th> <th>Compiled by<br>default</th> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#AAIGrid">Arc/Info ASCII Grid</a> </td><td> AAIGrid </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#ADRG">ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf)</a> </td><td> ADRG </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#AIG">Arc/Info Binary Grid (.adf)</a> </td><td> AIG </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_airsar.html">AIRSAR Polarimetric</a> </td><td> AIRSAR </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_blx.html">Magellan BLX Topo (.blx, .xlb)</a> </td><td> BLX </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_bmp.html">Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap (.bmp)</a> </td><td> BMP </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GiB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#BSB">BSB Nautical Chart Format (.kap)</a> </td><td> BSB </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes, can be disabled </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#BT">VTP Binary Terrain Format (.bt)</a> </td><td> BT </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#CEOS">CEOS (Spot for instance)</a> </td><td> CEOS </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster </td><td> COASP </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_cosar.html">TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product</a> </td><td> COSAR </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> Convair PolGASP data </td><td> CPG </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#DIMAP">Spot DIMAP (metadata.dim)</a> </td><td> DIMAP </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> ELAS DIPEx </td><td> DIPEx </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_dods.html">DODS / OPeNDAP</a> </td><td> DODS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs libdap </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#DOQ1">First Generation USGS DOQ (.doq)</a> </td><td> DOQ1 </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#DOQ2">New Labelled USGS DOQ (.doq)</a> </td><td> DOQ2 </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_dted.html">Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2)</a> </td><td> DTED </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_ecw.html">ERMapper Compressed Wavelets (.ecw)</a> </td><td> ECW </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> No, needs ECW SDK </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#EHdr">ESRI .hdr Labelled</a> </td><td> EHdr </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#EIR">Erdas Imagine Raw</a> </td><td> EIR </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_elas.html">NASA ELAS</a> </td><td> ELAS </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#ENVI">ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster</a> </td><td> ENVI </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_ers.html">ERMapper (.ers)</a> </td><td> ERS </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#Envisat">Envisat Image Product (.n1)</a> </td><td> ESAT </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_fast.html">EOSAT FAST Format</a> </td><td> FAST </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> FIT </td><td> FIT </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#FITS">FITS (.fits)</a> </td><td> FITS </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs libcfitsio </td></tr> <tr><td> Fuji BAS Scanner Image </td><td> FujiBAS </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled) </td><td> GENBIN </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_georaster.html">Oracle Spatial GeoRaster</a> </td><td> GEORASTER </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs Oracle client libraries </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GFF">GSat File Format</a> </td><td>GFF </td><td>No </td><td>No </td><td>-- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_gif.html">Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)</a> </td><td> GIF </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes (internal GIF library provided) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_grib.html">WMO GRIB1/GRIB2 (.grb)</a> </td><td> GRIB </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes, can be disabled </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GMT">GMT Compatible netCDF</a> </td><td> GMT </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> No, needs libnetcdf </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_grass.html">GRASS Rasters</a> </td><td> GRASS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs libgrass </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GSAG">Golden Software ASCII Grid</a> </td><td> GSAG </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GSBG">Golden Software Binary Grid</a> </td><td> GSBG </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> 4GiB (32767x32767 of 4 bytes each + 56 byte header) </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GS7BG">Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid</a> </td><td> GS7BG </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> 4GiB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> GSC Geogrid </td><td> GSC </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_gtiff.html">TIFF / BigTIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif)</a> </td><td> GTiff </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GiB for classical TIFF / No limits for BigTIFF </td><td> Yes (internal libtiff and libgeotiff provided) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#GXF">GXF - Grid eXchange File</a> </td><td> GXF </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GiB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_hdf4.html">Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 (HDF4)</a> </td><td> HDF4 </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GiB </td><td> No, needs libdf </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_hdf5.html">Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 (HDF5)</a> </td><td> HDF5 </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GiB </td><td> No, needs libhdf5 </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_hfa.html">Erdas Imagine (.img)</a> </td><td> HFA </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits<sup><a href="#footnote2">2</a></sup> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#IDA">Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp)</a> </td><td> IDA </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#ILWIS">ILWIS Raster Map (.mpr,.mpl)</a> </td><td> ILWIS </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_intergraphraster.html">Intergraph Raster</a> </td><td> INGR </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GiB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2) </td><td> ISIS2 </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3) </td><td> ISIS3 </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_palsar.html">JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)</a> </td><td> JAXAPALSAR </td><td> No </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#JDEM">Japanese DEM (.mem)</a> </td><td> JDEM </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_jpeg.html">JPEG JFIF (.jpg)</a> </td><td> JPEG </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GiB (max dimentions 65500x65500) </td><td> Yes (internal libjpeg provided) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_jpeg2000.html">JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)</a> </td><td> JPEG2000 </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GiB </td><td> No, needs libjasper </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_jp2kak.html">JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)</a> </td><td> JP2KAK </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> No, needs Kakadu library </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_jp2ecw.html">JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)</a> </td><td> JP2ECW </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 500MB </td><td> No, needs ECW SDK </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_jp2mrsid.html">JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)</a> </td><td> JP2MrSID </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> No, needs MrSID SDK </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_l1b.html">NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR)</a> </td><td> L1B </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#LAN">Erdas 7.x .LAN and .GIS</a> </td><td> LAN </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_lcp.html">FARSITE v.4 LCP Format</a> </td><td> LCP </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_leveller.html">Daylon Leveller Heightfield</a> </td><td> Leveller </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_mem.html">In Memory Raster</a> </td><td> MEM </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#MFF">Vexcel MFF</a> </td><td> MFF </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_mff2.html">Vexcel MFF2</a> </td><td> MFF2 (HKV) </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_mrsid.html">Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database</a> </td><td> MrSID </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs MrSID SDK </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_msg.html">Meteosat Second Generation</a> </td><td> MSG </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> No, needs msg library </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_msgn.html">EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)</a> </td><td> MSGN </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#NDF">NLAPS Data Format</a> </td><td> NDF </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_nitf.html">NITF</a> </td><td> NITF </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_netcdf.html">NetCDF</a> </td><td> netCDF </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 2GB </td><td> No, needs libnetcdf </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_ogdi.html">OGDI Bridge</a> </td><td> OGDI </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs OGDI library </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#PAux">PCI .aux Labelled</a> </td><td> PAux </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_pcidsk.html">PCI Geomatics Database File</a> </td><td> PCIDSK </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#PCRaster">PCRaster</a> </td><td> PCRaster </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> </td><td> Yes (internal libcsf provided) </td></tr> <tr><td> NASA Planetary Data System </td><td> PDS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://simon.benjamin.free.fr/pgchip">Postgis CHIP raster (under development)</a> </td><td> PGCHIP </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs PostgreSQL library and Postgis headers </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#PNG">Portable Network Graphics (.png)</a> </td><td> PNG </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> </td><td> Yes (internal libpng provided) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#PNM">Netpbm (.ppm,.pgm)</a> </td><td> PNM </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_rik.html">Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)</a> </td><td> RIK </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_rmf.html">Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw, .mtw)</a> </td><td> RMF </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#RPFTOC">Raster Product Format/RPF (a.toc)</a> </td><td> RPFTOC </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_rs2.html">RadarSat2 XML (product.xml)</a> </td><td> RS2 </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> 4GB </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_Idrisi.html">Idrisi Raster</a> </td><td> RST </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> No limits </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#SAR_CEOS">SAR CEOS</a> </td><td> SAR_CEOS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_sde.html">ArcSDE Raster</a> </td><td> SDE </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs ESRI SDE </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#SDTS">USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF)</a> </td><td> SDTS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#SGI">SGI Image Format</a> </td><td> SGI </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#SRTMHGT">SRTM HGT Format</a> </td><td> SRTMHGT </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_terragen.html">Terragen Heightfield (.ter)</a> </td><td> TERRAGEN </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> Terralib </td><td> Terralib </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs Terralib </td></tr> <tr><td> TerraSAR-X Product </td><td> TSX </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_usgsdem.html">USGS ASCII DEM (.dem)</a> </td><td> USGSDEM </td><td> Yes </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.gdal.org/gdal_vrttut.html">GDAL Virtual (.vrt)</a> </td><td> VRT </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> Yes </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_wcs.html">OGC Web Coverage Server</a> </td><td> WCS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs libcurl </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_wms.html">OGC Web Map Server</a> </td><td> WMS </td><td> No </td><td> Yes </td><td> -- </td><td> No, needs libcurl </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="frmt_various.html#XPM">X11 Pixmap (.xpm)</a> </td><td> XPM </td><td> Yes </td><td> No </td><td> </td><td> Yes </td></tr> </table> <p> <a name="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup>Maximum file size does not only determined by the file format itself, but operating system/file system capabilities as well. Look <a href="gdal_building.html#gdal_building_lfs">here</a> for details.</a> </p> <p> <a name="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup>ERDAS Imagine has different file format for large files, where 32-bit pointers cannot be used. Look for details <a href="frmt_hfa.html">here</a>. </p> <p> $Id: formats_list.html 15781 2008-11-21 18:43:16Z rouault $ </p> </body> </html>
