List of supported image and raster data formats
There are two ways in which your raster and image data may be supported in ArcGIS: as either a raster dataset that can be read directly by the application or 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.
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Raster or image data format |
Supported in ArcGIS as |
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Applanix DSS | |
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ARC Digitized Raster Graphic (ADRG) |
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ArcSDE raster |
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ASCII Grid |
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Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) | |
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Band interleaved by line (BIL), band interleaved by pixel (BIP), band sequential (BSQ) |
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Big TIFF |
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Binary Terrain (BT) |
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Bitmap (BMP), device-independent bitmap (DIB), or Microsoft Windows bitmap |
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BSB |
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Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG) and Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphic (ECRG) |
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Controlled Image Base (CIB) |
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Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST) ARC Standard Raster Product (ASRP), UTM/UPS Standard Raster Product (USRP) |
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Digital Image Map (DIMAP) |
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Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0, 1, and 2 |
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Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) |
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EOSAT FAST |
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ENVI Header Format |
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ER Mapper |
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ERDAS 7.5 GIS |
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ERDAS 7.5 LAN |
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ERDAS IMAGINE |
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ERDAS RAW |
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ESRI Grid |
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ESRI Grid stack |
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ESRI Grid stack file |
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Floating point raster file |
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GDAL Virtual Format (VRT) |
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GeoEye satellite |
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Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) |
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GRIB |
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Golden Software Grid (.grd) |
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Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) 4 & 5 |
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IDRISI Raster (RST) |
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IKONOS satellite |
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Image service definition (.ISDef) |
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Image service reference (.ISRef) | |
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Intergraph raster files: CIT—Binary data; COT—Grayscale data |
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Integrated System for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS) |
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ISAT | |
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Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) PALSAR |
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Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) File Interchange Format (JFIF) |
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JPEG 2000 |
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Landsat satellites |
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Magellan MapSend BLX/XLB format |
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Match-AT | |
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MAP |
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Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) |
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National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) |
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National Land Archive Production System (NLAPS) |
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PCIDSK |
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Planetary Data System (PDS) |
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Portable Network Graphics (PNG) |
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QuickBird satellite |
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RADARSAT-2 satellite |
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RapidEye satellite |
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Raster process definition (.RPDef) |
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Raster Product Format (RPF) |
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Sandia synthetic aperture radar (GFF) |
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) digital elevation model (DEM) |
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SPOT satellites |
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Tables |
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Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) |
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Terragen terrain |
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United States Geological Survey (USGS) digital elevation model (DEM) |
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Web services |
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WorldView satellites |
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XPixMap (XPM) |