Technical specifications for raster formats |
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Release 9.1
Last modified September 16, 2005 |
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Rasters come in many different formats and support different components. The following table lists all the supported formats and their supported components.
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Format | Supported data types | Supports multiband | Supports compression | Supports colormap |
ADRG | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (always three bands) | No | No |
ADRG Legend | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (always three bands) | No | No |
ADRG Overview | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (always three bands) | No | No |
ESRI BIL/BIP/BSQ | 1-bit unsigned integer | Yes
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No | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | Yes |
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32-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | Yes |
CADRG | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (always three bands) | Vector quantization | No |
BMP | 1/4/8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (only as 8-bit) | No | Yes |
CIB | 8-bit unsigned integer | No | Vector quantization | No |
DIGEST ASRP/USRP | 1/4/8-bit unsigned integer | No | Run length encoding | Yes |
DTED Level 0, 1, & 2 | 16-bit signed integer | No | No | No |
ER Mapper | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | No |
16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | No | |
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32-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | No |
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8-bit signed integer | Yes | No | No |
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16-bit signed integer | Yes | No | No |
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32-bit signed integer | Yes | No | No |
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32-bit floating point | Yes | No | No |
GIF | 8-bit unsigned integer | No | LZW | Yes |
ERDAS 7.5 GIS | 1-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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2-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
ERDAS 7.5 LAN | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | No |
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16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | No | No |
ESRI GRID | 32-bit signed integer | No | Adaptive run length compressed | Yes |
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32-bit floating point | No | No | No |
ESRI GRID Stack | 32-bit signed integer | Always | Adaptive run length compressed | No |
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32-bit floating point | Always | No | No |
ESRI GRID Stack file | 32-bit signed integer | Always | Adaptive run length compressed | No |
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32-bit floating point | Always | No | No |
ERDAS IMAGINE | 1-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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2-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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32-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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8-bit signed integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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16-bit signed integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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32-bit signed integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed or No | Yes |
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32-bit floating point | Yes | No | Yes |
Intergraph CIT | 1-bit | No | CCITT Group 4 | No |
Intergraph COT | 8-bit unsigned integer | No | Run length encoding | No |
JFIF (JPEG) | 8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (limited to 1 or 3 bands) | JPEG | No |
JPEG 2000 | 8/16-bit unsigned integer | Yes (limited to 1 or 3 bands) | Wavelet | No |
MrSID | 8/16-bit unsigned integer | Yes (limited to 1 or 3 bands) | Wavelet | No |
ArcSDE Raster | 32-bit signed integer | Yes | Adaptive run length compressed | Yes |
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32-bit floating point | Yes | No | No |
ERDAS 7.5 RAW | 1-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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2-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
TIFF | unsigned integer | No | CCITT Group 3 1-D, CCITT Group 4, Packbits, LZW, or No | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | No | Packbits, LZW or No | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Packbits, LZW, JPEG, or No | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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32-bit unsigned integer | No | No | Yes |
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8-bit signed integer | No | No | No |
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16-bit signed integer | No | No | No |
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32-bit signed integer | No | No | No |
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32-bit floating point | No | No | No |
PNG | 1-bit unsigned integer | No | Deflate/Inflate | Yes |
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2-bit unsigned integer | No | Deflate/Inflate | Yes |
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4-bit unsigned integer | No | Deflate/Inflate | Yes |
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8-bit unsigned integer | Yes (limited to 1 or 3 bands only, no alpha channel) | Deflate/Inflate | Yes |
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16-bit unsigned integer | Yes (limited to 1 or 3 bands only, no alpha channel) | Deflate/Inflate | No |
NITF 2.0 | 1/8/16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NITF 2.1/NSIF 1.0 | 1/2/4/16-bit unsigned integer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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1/2/4/16-bit signed integer | Yes | No | Yes |