GDB-supported file formats

GDB supports the following file formats.

Note: The documentation for each format may include a list of extra parameters. These parameters are available through output 'option' buttons or through the use of text fields.
  1. AATSR
  2. Access (MDB)
  3. ADO.NET (XLS, MDB, MDB ESRI)
  4. ADRI
  5. ADS/SOCET SET
  6. AIRSAR
  7. ALOS PRISM
  8. ALOS-1 PALSAR
  9. ALOS-2 PALSAR
  10. ArcGIS Server
  11. Arc/Info Coverage
  12. Arc/Info Generate
  13. Arc/Info Grid (Binary)
  14. Arc/Info Grid (ASCII)
  15. Arc/Info Stack
  16. ArcInfo BIL (Raster)
  17. Arc/Info Import/Export (E00)
  18. Arc/Info TIN
  19. ArcView Shapefile
  20. Aries (DIPIX) Image
  21. ASAR
  22. Atlantis MFF
  23. AutoCAD DXF
  24. AVHRR
  25. BMP (Windows and OS/2)
  26. Beijing-3
  27. Capella
  28. Cartosat-1
  29. CBERS-2
  30. CBERS-2B
  31. CBERS-4
  32. CCOGIF
  33. CDED
  34. CEOS
  35. Computer Graphic Metafile
  36. Contours vector file (NTFC)
  37. COSMO-SkyMed
  38. CV-580
  39. DAFIF
  40. DEM Index
  41. DEM (USGS)
  42. DIEPS Raster (EPH)
  43. DLG (USGS)
  44. DOQ (USGS)
  45. DTED
  46. DubaiSat-2
  47. ER Mapper Raster
  48. ELAS Raster
  49. ENVI Raster
  50. Envisat
  51. EOSAT CD-ROM
  52. Erdas Imagine
  53. ERDAS (ERD)
  54. Esri File Geodatabase
  55. Excel (XLS)
  56. FASatCharlie (SSOT)
  57. Formosat-2
  58. Formosat-5
  59. Gaofen 1
  60. Gaofen 2
  61. Gaofen 3
  62. Gaofen 4
  63. Gaofen 6
  64. Gaofen-7
  65. GDB Text Export (GTE)
  66. Generic ASCII Vector
  67. GeoEye-1
  68. Geography Markup Language
  69. GeoJSON
  70. GeoPackage
  71. GEOSAT-1 (Deimos-1)
  72. GEOSAT-2 (Deimos-2)
  73. Gokturk-1
  74. Gokturk-2
  75. GOSAT
  76. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
  77. GRASS
  78. GTOPO30
  79. GXF Version 2.00
  80. HIBR Hyperspectral Image (VQ)
  81. HIDISK (HI-VIEW image format)
  82. Hierarchical Data Format (HDF EOS)
  83. High Resolution Elevation (HRE)
  84. HJ
  85. Hyperion
  86. ICEYE
  87. Idrisi Raster (RDC)
  88. Idrisi Vector (DVC)
  89. Ikonos-2
  90. Ilwis Raster
  91. Ilwis Vectors
  92. Image Display Handler (DSP)
  93. Intergraph raster files (RGB/COT)
  94. Jilin-1
  95. Jilin-1 03B
  96. Jilin-1 07B
  97. JL1GF02
  98. JL1GF03
  99. JL1GP
  100. JL1KF01
  101. Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF Files (JPG)
  102. JPEG 2000
  103. Kanopus-V
  104. KazEOSat-1
  105. KazEOSat-2
  106. KhalifaSat
  107. KML
  108. KOMPSAT-2
  109. KOMPSAT-2 in DIMAP format
  110. KOMPSAT-3/3A
  111. KOMPSAT-5
  112. Land-Line NTF file (NTF)
  113. Landsat 1-5 MSS
  114. Landsat 4-5 TM
  115. Landsat 4-7 Surface Reflectance (LEDAPS)
  116. Landsat 4-8 Analysis Ready Data (ARD)
  117. Landsat 7
  118. Landsat 8 and Landsat 9
  119. Landsat 8 Surface Reflectance (LASRC)
  120. Landsat Collection 2 Level-2
  121. LAS image format
  122. Laser-scan (LSC)
  123. LaserScan IFF text (IFF)
  124. LASF - ASPRS LIDAR Data Exchange Format Standard
  125. LGSOWG CD-ROM (LIM)
  126. Gould LIPS (LIP)
  127. MapInfo data interchange format (MIF)
  128. MapInfo table (TAB)
  129. MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer)
  130. MicroStation Design files (DGN)
  131. MODIS MCD
  132. MrSID compressed rasters (SID)
  133. Microsoft Access
  134. NCSA HDF Version 5
  135. NDF (NLAPS Data Format)
  136. NITF (NITF)
  137. NTX (Caris interchange format)
  138. ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
  139. Orbita
  140. Ordnance survey: BaseData.GB (NTFD)
  141. Ordnance survey: Boundary-Line (NTFB)
  142. Ordnance survey: Meridian (NTFM)
  143. Ordnance survey: AddressPoint (NTFA)
  144. OSCAR vector file (NTFO)
  145. OTHG vector file (TXT)
  146. PAMAP (GDA)
  147. Panorama (SXF)
  148. Paradox
  149. PAZ
  150. PCIDSK (PIX)
  151. PCX (ZSoft raster format)
  152. PeruSAT-1
  153. PlanetScope
  154. Pleiades
  155. Pleiades Neo
  156. PLT (Geosoft Plot file)
  157. PNG
  158. PostgreSQL (PostGIS)
  159. Loading raster and vector layers into PostGIS using FEXPORT
  160. PPM/PGM/PBM (PPM)
  161. QuickBird
  162. RADARSAT-2
  163. RADARSAT Constellation
  164. RapidEye
  165. RASAT
  166. Resourcesat-2
  167. Raw binary image format
  168. RISAT-1
  169. RST - Works ASCII RST
  170. SAOCOM 1 A/B
  171. Satellogic
  172. SDTS DEM - Spatial Data Transfer Standard Digital Elevation Model (DDF)
  173. SeaWIFS CEOS
  174. SeaWIFS HDF (SWF)
  175. Sentinel-1
  176. Sentinel-2
  177. ShiJian 9A
  178. Siemens SICAD (SQD)
  179. SIR-C
  180. SkySat
  181. SPANS binary format (TBB/VTX)
  182. SPANS quadtree (MAP)
  183. SPANS Raster (RNH)
  184. SPANS table file (TBA)
  185. SPANS vector archive (VEH)
  186. Spectral Library Files (SPL)
  187. SPOT 5
  188. SPOT 6
  189. SPOT 7
  190. SPOT CAP
  191. SPOTView GIS-GEOSPOT (SPV)
  192. Strategi vector file (NTF)
  193. Sun raster file (SUN)
  194. SuperView
  195. Targa raster file (TGA)
  196. TeLEOS-1
  197. TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X
  198. TH-01
  199. Thaichote (THEOS)
  200. TIFF (TIF)
  201. TripleSat
  202. UAVSAR Polarimetric
  203. UK National Transfer Format (NTF)
  204. Umbra
  205. UNIDSK-VMS (UNI)
  206. VICAR (VIC)
  207. Vision* GINA (GIA)
  208. VISTA image (IIS)
  209. WorldMap
  210. WorldView-1 and WorldView-2
  211. WorldView-3
  212. WorldView-4
  213. xBase (DBF)
  214. X Window Bitmap (XBM)
  215. X Window Dump (XWD)
  216. Yaogan 2
  217. Yaogan 8
  218. Yaogan 14
  219. ZY-1-02C
  220. ZY-3
  221. ZY3-2
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