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Data types supported in ArcGIS

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Last modified April 29, 2005
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A fundamental goal of ArcGIS is to work with your file-based data and DBMS data as well as with ArcIMS services. ArcGIS lets you work with an extensive array of data sources. These are listed in the tables below.

Data types supported in ArcGIS (ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo)
Shapefiles
Geodatabases
ArcInfo coverages
ArcIMS feature services
ArcIMS map services
Geography Network connections
PC ARC/INFO coverages
SDE layers
TIN
DXF
DWG (through v2004)
DGN (through v8)
VPF
Rasters
  • ADRG Image (.IMG)
  • ADRG Overview (.OVR)
  • ADRG Legend (.LGG)
  • ESRI GRID
  • ESRI SDE Raster
  • ESRI Raster Catalogs (Image Catalogs)
  • ERDAS IMAGINE (.IMG)
  • ERDAS 7.5 Lan (.LAN)
  • ERDAS 7.5 GIS (.GIS)
  • ERDAS Raw (.RAW)
  • ESRI Band Interleaved by Line (.BIL)
  • ESRI Band Interleaved by Pixel (.BIP)
  • ESRI Band Sequential (.BSQ)
  • ESRI GRID Stack (<directory>)
  • ESRI GRID Stack file (.STK)
  • Windows bitmap (.BMP)
  • Controlled Image Base (CIB)
  • Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG)
  • Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST)
  • DTED Level 0, 1, and 2 (.DT*)
  • ER Mapper (.ERS)
  • Graphic Interchange Format (.GIF)
  • ADRG Image (.IMG)
  • ADRG Overview (.OVR)
  • ADRG Legend (.LGG)
  • Intergraph raster file (.CIT or .COT)
  • JPEG File Interchange Format, JIFF (.JPG) and JPEG 2000 (.JP2)
  • National Image Transfer Format, NITF 2.0 and 2.1 (.NTF)
  • Portable Network Graphics (.PNG)
  • LizardTech MrSID and MrSID Gen 3 (.SID)
  • Tagged Image File Format, TIFF (.TIF)
Text files (.TXT)
OLE DB tables
SDC

Additional data types supported via importers in ArcInfo
Direct conversion of the following formats into a native ArcInfo format:
ADS
DFAD
DIME
DLG
ETAK
GIRAS
IGDS
IGES
MOSS
S-57
SDTS (point, raster, and vector)
SLF
TIGER (through v2002)
Sun Raster

Additional data types supported via importers in ArcView and ArcEditor
Direct conversion of the following formats into native ArcView and ArcEditor formats:
AGF
MIF
SDTS (Point and Raster)

For information on additional ArcInfo formats, please see ArcDoc. Windows NT users of ArcInfo can access ArcDoc from the ArcGIS Programs list on the Start menu (Start > Programs > ArcGIS > ArcInfo Workstation > ArcDoc).

UNIX users can install ArcDoc from the ArcDoc CD or run ArcDoc directly from the CD; see the ArcDoc installation guide for more information.

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