The "GDAL Raster Import" module imports grid data from various file formats using the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" (GDAL) by Frank Warmerdam. For more information have a look at the GDAL homepage:
http://www.gdal.org
GDAL Version:1.7.3
Following raster formats are currently supported:
| ID | Name |
|---|
| VRT | Virtual Raster |
| GTiff | GeoTIFF |
| NITF | National Imagery Transmission Format |
| RPFTOC | Raster Product Format TOC format |
| HFA | Erdas Imagine Images (.img) |
| SAR_CEOS | CEOS SAR Image |
| CEOS | CEOS Image |
| JAXAPALSAR | JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5) |
| GFF | Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff) |
| ELAS | ELAS |
| AIG | Arc/Info Binary Grid |
| AAIGrid | Arc/Info ASCII Grid |
| SDTS | SDTS Raster |
| OGDI | OGDI Bridge |
| DTED | DTED Elevation Raster |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| JPEG | JPEG JFIF |
| MEM | In Memory Raster |
| JDEM | Japanese DEM (.mem) |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) |
| BIGGIF | Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) |
| ESAT | Envisat Image Format |
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
| XPM | X11 PixMap Format |
| BMP | MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap |
| DIMAP | SPOT DIMAP |
| AirSAR | AirSAR Polarimetric Image |
| RS2 | RadarSat 2 XML Product |
| PCIDSK | PCIDSK Database File |
| PCRaster | PCRaster Raster File |
| ILWIS | ILWIS Raster Map |
| SGI | SGI Image File Format 1.0 |
| SRTMHGT | SRTMHGT File Format |
| Leveller | Leveller heightfield |
| Terragen | Terragen heightfield |
| GMT | GMT NetCDF Grid Format |
| netCDF | Network Common Data Format |
| HDF4 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 |
| HDF4Image | HDF4 Dataset |
| ISIS3 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3) |
| ISIS2 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2) |
| PDS | NASA Planetary Data System |
| TIL | EarthWatch .TIL |
| ERS | ERMapper .ers Labelled |
| JPEG2000 | JPEG-2000 part 1 (ISO/IEC 15444-1) |
| L1B | NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set |
| FIT | FIT Image |
| GRIB | GRIdded Binary (.grb) |
| RMF | Raster Matrix Format |
| WCS | OGC Web Coverage Service |
| WMS | OGC Web Map Service |
| MSGN | EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat) |
| RST | Idrisi Raster A.1 |
| INGR | Intergraph Raster |
| GSAG | Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd) |
| GSBG | Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd) |
| GS7BG | Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd) |
| COSAR | COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X) |
| TSX | TerraSAR-X Product |
| COASP | DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster |
| R | R Object Data Store |
| PNM | Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm) |
| DOQ1 | USGS DOQ (Old Style) |
| DOQ2 | USGS DOQ (New Style) |
| ENVI | ENVI .hdr Labelled |
| EHdr | ESRI .hdr Labelled |
| GenBin | Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled) |
| PAux | PCI .aux Labelled |
| MFF | Vexcel MFF Raster |
| MFF2 | Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster |
| FujiBAS | Fuji BAS Scanner Image |
| GSC | GSC Geogrid |
| FAST | EOSAT FAST Format |
| BT | VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format |
| LAN | Erdas .LAN/.GIS |
| CPG | Convair PolGASP |
| IDA | Image Data and Analysis |
| NDF | NLAPS Data Format |
| EIR | Erdas Imagine Raw |
| DIPEx | DIPEx |
| LCP | FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp) |
| RIK | Swedish Grid RIK (.rik) |
| USGSDEM | USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED) |
| GXF | GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format |
| DODS | DAP 3.x servers |
| HTTP | HTTP Fetching Wrapper |
| BAG | Bathymetry Attributed Grid |
| HDF5 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 |
| HDF5Image | HDF5 Dataset |
| NWT_GRD | Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab |
| NWT_GRC | Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab |
| ADRG | ARC Digitized Raster Graphics |
| SRP | Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP) |
| BLX | Magellan topo (.blx) |
| Rasterlite | Rasterlite |
| WKTRaster | PostGIS WKT Raster driver |
| SAGA | SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat) |