List of supported raster and image data formats

There are three ways in which your raster and image data may be supported in ArcGIS: as a raster dataset which is derived from a storage format, as a raster product which is derived from specific metadata files, or as a raster type. When it's supported as a raster type, it needs to be added to a mosaic dataset to be handled correctly in the application.

This list encompasses all raster file formats, satellite sensors, aerial cameras, and product formats that ArcGIS supports.

How each format is supported in ArcGIS

Raster or image data format

Raster dataset

Raster type

Raster product

AIRSAR Polarimetric

raster dataset

Applanix DSS

raster type

ARC Digitized Raster Graphic (ADRG)

raster dataset

ArcSDE raster

raster dataset

ASCII Grid

raster dataset

Band interleaved by line (BIL), band interleaved by pixel (BIP), band sequential (BSQ)

raster dataset

Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG)

raster dataset

Big TIFF

raster dataset

Binary Terrain (BT)

raster dataset

Bitmap (BMP), device-independent bitmap (DIB), or Microsoft Windows bitmap

raster dataset

BSB

raster dataset

Committee on Earth Observing Sensors (CEOS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

raster dataset

Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG)

raster dataset

raster type

Controlled Image Base (CIB)

raster dataset

raster type

Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST) ARC Standard Raster Product (ASRP), UTM/UPS Standard Raster Product (USRP)

raster dataset

Digital Image Map (DIMAP)

raster dataset

Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0, 1, and 2

raster dataset

raster type

Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS)

raster dataset

Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphic (ECRG)

raster dataset

raster type

Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW)

raster dataset

Envisat Image Product (ESAT)

raster dataset

ENVI Header Format

raster dataset

EOSAT FAST

raster dataset

ER Mapper

raster dataset

ERDAS 7.5 GIS

raster dataset

ERDAS 7.5 LAN

raster dataset

ERDAS IMAGINE

raster dataset

ERDAS RAW

raster dataset

Esri Grid

raster dataset

Esri Grid stack

raster dataset

Esri Grid stack file

raster dataset

Extensible N-Dimensional Data Format (NDF)

raster dataset

File geodatabase raster

raster dataset

Floating point raster file

raster dataset

FORMOSAT-2

raster type

GDAL Virtual Format (VRT)

raster dataset

GeoEye satellite

raster type

raster product

Graphic Interchange Format (GIF)

raster dataset

Grid eXchange File (GXF)

raster dataset

GRIB

raster dataset

Golden Software Grid (.grd)

raster dataset

Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) 4 & 5

raster dataset

Heightfield raster (HF2)

raster dataset

HGT

raster dataset

High Resolution Elevation (HRE)

raster dataset

raster type

IDRISI Raster (RST)

raster dataset

IKONOS satellite

raster type

raster product

ILWIS Raster Map

raster dataset

Image Display and Analysis (IDA)

raster dataset

Image service (from ArcGIS for Server)

raster dataset

raster type

Image service definition (.ISDef)

raster type

Image service reference (.ISRef)

raster type

Integrated System for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS)

raster dataset

Intergraph raster files: CIT—Binary data; COT—Grayscale data

raster dataset

ISAT

raster type

Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) PALSAR

raster dataset

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) File Interchange Format (JFIF)

raster dataset

JPEG 2000

raster dataset

KOMPSAT-2

raster type

raster product

Landsat satellites (1–7)

raster types

raster product

LAS (Lidar data files)

raster type

LAS dataset

raster type

Magellan MapSend BLX/XLB format

raster dataset

Match-AT

raster type

MAP

raster dataset

Map service (from ArcGIS for Server or ArcGIS.com)

raster type

Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)

raster dataset

MrSID (MG4) Lidar

raster dataset

National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF)

raster dataset

raster type

National Land Archive Production System (NLAPS)

raster dataset

New Labelled USGS DOQ (DOQ2)

raster dataset

NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR)

raster dataset

OrbView-3 satellite

via GeoEye raster type

raster product

PCI .aux Labelled Raw Format

raster dataset

PCIDSK

raster dataset

Personal geodatabase raster

raster dataset

Planetary Data System (PDS)

raster dataset

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

raster dataset

QuickBird satellite

raster type

raster product

RADARSAT-2 satellite

raster dataset

raster type

raster product

RapidEye satellite

raster type

raster product

Raster catalog

raster catalog

raster type (table)

Raster process definition (.RPDef)

raster type

Raster Product Format (RPF)

raster dataset

SAGA GIS Binary Grid

raster dataset

Sandia synthetic aperture radar (GFF)

raster dataset

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

raster dataset

raster type (DTED)

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) digital elevation model (DEM)

raster dataset

SPOT satellites

raster type

raster product

Tables

raster type

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

raster dataset

Terragen terrain

raster dataset

Terrain

raster type

TerraSAR-X

raster dataset

United States Geological Survey (USGS) digital elevation model (DEM)

raster dataset

USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)

raster dataset

Web coverage service (WCS, OGC standard)

raster dataset

raster type

Web map service (WMS, OGC standard)

raster dataset

raster type

WorldView satellites

raster type

raster product

XPixMap (XPM)

raster dataset

List of supported raster datasets, raster products, and raster types

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5/18/2014