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Data formats supported in ArcGIS
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A fundamental goal of ArcGIS is to work with your file-based data and DBMS data as well as with GIS Web services from ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server, and others such as OGC WMS. ArcGIS lets you work with a large number of data sources. These are listed in the tables below.

Data formats supported in ArcGIS (ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo)
ArcGIS Server geocode services
ArcGIS Server globe services
ArcGIS Server image services
ArcGIS Server map services
ArcInfo coverages
ArcIMS feature services
ArcIMS map services
DGN (5.x to 8)
DWG (Release 12 to AutoCAD 2006)
DXF (Release 12 to AutoCAD 2006)
Geodatabases (personal geodatabase, file geodatabase, and ArcSDE geodatabase)
OLE DB tables
OGC WCS services
OGC WMS services
PC ARC/INFO coverages
Rasters
  • ADRG Image (.IMG)
  • ADRG Overview (.OVR)
  • ADRG Legend (.LGG)
  • ArcSDE raster
  • BSB charts
  • Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG)
  • Controlled Image Base (CIB)
  • Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST)
  • DTED Level 0, 1, and 2 (.DT*)
  • ER Mapper (.ERS)
  • ER Mapper Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (.ECW)
  • ERDAS 7.5 GIS (.GIS)
  • ERDAS 7.5 Lan (.LAN)
  • ERDAS IMAGINE (.IMG)
  • ERDAS Raw (.RAW)
  • ESRI Band Interleaved by Line (.BIL)
  • ESRI Band Interleaved by Pixel (.BIP)
  • ESRI Band Sequential (.BSQ)
  • ESRI Grid
  • ESRI Grid Stack (<directory>)
  • ESRI Grid Stack file (.STK)
  • ESRI Raster Catalogs (Image Catalogs)
  • Graphic Interchange Format (.GIF)
  • Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) 4
  • Idrisi Raster Format (RST)
  • Intergraph raster file (.CIT or .COT)
  • JPEG File Interchange Format, JIFF (.JPG) and JPEG 2000 (.JP2)
  • LizardTech MrSID and MrSID Gen 3 (.SID)
  • National Image Transfer Format, NITF 2.0 and 2.1 (.NTF)
  • PC Raster (.MAP)
  • PCI Geomatica (.PIX)
  • Portable Network Graphics (.PNG)
  • Raster Product Format (RPF)
  • Tagged Image File Format, TIFF (.TIF)
  • USGS DEM (.DEM)
  • Windows bitmap (.BMP)
  • XPixMap (.XPM)
SDC
SDE layers
Shapefiles (.SHP)
Text files (.TXT)
TIN
VPF

Additional data formats 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 formats 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)

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