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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.
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)
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Text files (.TXT) |
OLE DB tables |
SDC |
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 |
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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