Long Format Name

Code

Creation

Georeferencing

Maximum file size1

Compiled by

default

Arc/Info ASCII Grid

AAIGrid

Yes

Yes

2GB

Yes

ACE2

ACE2

No

Yes

--

Yes

ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf)

ADRG

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Arc/Info Binary Grid (.adf)

AIG

No

Yes

--

Yes

AIRSAR Polarimetric

AIRSAR

No

No

--

Yes

Magellan BLX Topo (.blx, .xlb)

BLX

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Bathymetry Attributed Grid (.bag)

BAG

No

Yes

2GiB

No, needs libhdf5

Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap (.bmp)

BMP

Yes

Yes

4GiB

Yes

BSB Nautical Chart Format (.kap)

BSB

No

Yes

--

Yes, can be disabled

VTP Binary Terrain Format (.bt)

BT

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

CEOS (Spot for instance)

CEOS

No

No

--

Yes

DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster

COASP

No

No

--

Yes

TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product

COSAR

No

No

--

Yes

Convair PolGASP data

CPG

No

Yes

--

Yes

USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid

CTG

No

Yes

--

Yes

Spot DIMAP (metadata.dim)

DIMAP

No

Yes

--

Yes

ELAS DIPEx

DIPEx

No

Yes

--

Yes

DODS / OPeNDAP

DODS

No

Yes

--

No, needs libdap

First Generation USGS DOQ (.doq)

DOQ1

No

Yes

--

Yes

New Labelled USGS DOQ (.doq)

DOQ2

No

Yes

--

Yes

Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2)

DTED

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Arc/Info Export E00 GRID

E00GRID

No

Yes

--

Yes

ECRG Table Of Contents (TOC.xml)

ECRGTOC

No

Yes

--

Yes

ERDAS Compressed Wavelets (.ecw)

ECW

Yes

Yes

No, needs ECW SDK

ESRI .hdr Labelled

EHdr

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

Erdas Imagine Raw

EIR

No

Yes

--

Yes

NASA ELAS

ELAS

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster

ENVI

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

Epsilon - Wavelet compressed images

EPSILON

Yes

No

--

No, needs EPSILON library

ERMapper (.ers)

ERS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Envisat Image Product (.n1)

ESAT

No

No

--

Yes

EOSAT FAST Format

FAST

No

Yes

--

Yes

FIT

FIT

Yes

No

--

Yes

FITS (.fits)

FITS

Yes

No

--

No, needs libcfitsio

Fuji BAS Scanner Image

FujiBAS

No

No

--

Yes

Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)

GENBIN

No

No

--

Yes

Oracle Spatial GeoRaster

GEORASTER

Yes

Yes

--

No, needs Oracle client libraries

GSat File Format

GFF

No

No

--

Yes

Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)

GIF

Yes

No

2GB

Yes (internal GIF library provided)

WMO GRIB1/GRIB2 (.grb)

GRIB

No

Yes

2GB

Yes, can be disabled

GMT Compatible netCDF

GMT

Yes

Yes

2GB

No, needs libnetcdf

GRASS Rasters

GRASS

No

Yes

--

No, needs libgrass

GRASS ASCII Grid

GRASSASCIIGrid

No

Yes

--

Yes

Golden Software ASCII Grid

GSAG

Yes

No

--

Yes

Golden Software Binary Grid

GSBG

Yes

No

4GiB (32767x32767 of 4 bytes each + 56 byte header)

Yes

Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid

GS7BG

No

No

4GiB

Yes

GSC Geogrid

GSC

Yes

No

--

Yes

Generic Tagged Arrays (.gta)

GTA

Yes

Yes

No, needs libgta

TIFF / BigTIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif)

GTiff

Yes

Yes

4GiB for classical TIFF / No limits for BigTIFF

Yes (internal libtiff and libgeotiff provided)

NOAA .gtx vertical datum shift

GTX

Yes

Yes

Yes

GXF - Grid eXchange File

GXF

No

Yes

4GiB

Yes

Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 (HDF4)

HDF4

Yes

Yes

2GiB

No, needs libdf

Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 (HDF5)

HDF5

No

Yes

2GiB

No, needs libhdf5

HF2/HFZ heightfield raster

HF2

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Erdas Imagine (.img)

HFA

Yes

Yes

No limits2

Yes

Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp)

IDA

Yes

Yes

2GB

Yes

ILWIS Raster Map (.mpr,.mpl)

ILWIS

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Intergraph Raster

INGR

Yes

Yes

2GiB

Yes

USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)

ISIS2

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)

ISIS3

No

Yes

--

Yes

JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)

JAXAPALSAR

No

No

--

Yes

Japanese DEM (.mem)

JDEM

No

Yes

--

Yes

JPEG JFIF (.jpg)

JPEG

Yes

Yes

4GiB (max dimentions 65500x65500)

Yes (internal libjpeg provided)

JPEG-LS

JPEGLS

Yes

No

--

No, needs CharLS library

JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)

JPEG2000

Yes

Yes

2GiB

No, needs libjasper

JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)

JP2ECW

Yes

Yes

500MB

No, needs ECW SDK

JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)

JP2KAK

Yes

Yes

No limits

No, needs Kakadu library

JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)

JP2MrSID

Yes

Yes

No, needs MrSID SDK

JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)

JP2OpenJPEG

Yes

Yes

No, needs OpenJPEG library (v2)

JPIP (based on Kakadu)

JPIPKAK

No

Yes

No, needs Kakadu library

KMLSUPEROVERLAY

KMLSUPEROVERLAY

Yes

Yes

Yes

NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR)

L1B

No

Yes

--

Yes

Erdas 7.x .LAN and .GIS

LAN

No

Yes

2GB

Yes

FARSITE v.4 LCP Format

LCP

No

Yes

No limits

Yes

Daylon Leveller Heightfield

Leveller

No

Yes

2GB

Yes

NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift

LOSLAS

No

Yes

Yes

MBTiles

MBTiles

No

Yes

--

No (needs OGR SQLite driver)

In Memory Raster

MEM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vexcel MFF

MFF

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

Vexcel MFF2

MFF2 (HKV)

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

MG4 Encoded Lidar

MG4Lidar

No

Yes

--

No, needs LIDAR SDK

Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database

MrSID

No

Yes

--

No, needs MrSID SDK

Meteosat Second Generation

MSG

No

Yes

No, needs msg library

EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)

MSGN

No

Yes

Yes

NLAPS Data Format

NDF

No

Yes

No limits

Yes

NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids

NGSGEOID

No

Yes

Yes

NITF (.ntf, .nsf, .gn?, .hr?, .ja?, .jg?, .jn?, .lf?, .on?, .tl?, .tp?, etc.)

NITF

Yes

Yes

10GB

Yes

NetCDF

netCDF

Yes

Yes

2GB

No, needs libnetcdf

NTv2 Datum Grid Shift

NTv2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Northwood/VerticalMapper Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab

NWT_GRC

No

Yes

--

Yes

Northwood/VerticalMapper Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab

NWT_GRD

No

Yes

--

Yes

OGDI Bridge

OGDI

No

Yes

--

No, needs OGDI library

OZI OZF2/OZFX3

OZI

No

Yes

--

No

PCI .aux Labelled

PAux

Yes

No

No limits

Yes

PCI Geomatics Database File

PCIDSK

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

PCRaster

PCRaster

Yes

Yes

Yes (internal libcsf provided)

Geospatial PDF

PDF

No

Yes

--

No, needs libpoppler or libpodofo

NASA Planetary Data System

PDS

No

Yes

--

Yes

Portable Network Graphics (.png)

PNG

Yes

No

Yes (internal libpng provided)

PostGIS Raster (previously WKTRaster)

PostGISRaster

No

Yes

--

No, needs PostgreSQL library

Netpbm (.ppm,.pgm)

PNM

Yes

No

No limits

Yes

R Object Data Store

R

Yes

No

--

Yes

Rasdaman

RASDAMAN

No

No

No limits

No (needs raslib)

Rasterlite - Rasters in SQLite DB

Rasterlite

Yes

Yes

--

No (needs OGR SQLite driver)

Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)

RIK

No

Yes

4GB

Yes (internal zlib is used if necessary)

Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw, .mtw)

RMF

Yes

Yes

4GB

Yes

Raster Product Format/RPF (CADRG, CIB)

RPFTOC

No

Yes

--

Yes

RadarSat2 XML (product.xml)

RS2

No

Yes

4GB

Yes

Idrisi Raster

RST

Yes

Yes

No limits

Yes

SAGA GIS Binary format

SAGA

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

SAR CEOS

SAR_CEOS

No

Yes

--

Yes

ArcSDE Raster

SDE

No

Yes

--

No, needs ESRI SDE

USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF)

SDTS

No

Yes

--

Yes

SGI Image Format

SGI

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Snow Data Assimilation System

SNODAS

No

Yes

--

Yes

Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)

SRP

No

Yes

2GB

Yes

SRTM HGT Format

SRTMHGT

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

Terragen Heightfield (.ter)

TERRAGEN

Yes

No

--

Yes

EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe .TIL

TIL

No

No

--

Yes

TerraSAR-X Product

TSX

Yes

No

--

Yes

USGS ASCII DEM / CDED (.dem)

USGSDEM

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

GDAL Virtual (.vrt)

VRT

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

OGC Web Coverage Service

WCS

No

Yes

--

No, needs libcurl

WEBP

WEBP

Yes

No

--

No, needs libwebp

OGC Web Map Service

WMS

No

Yes

--

No, needs libcurl

X11 Pixmap (.xpm)

XPM

Yes

No

Yes

ASCII Gridded XYZ

XYZ

Yes

Yes

--

Yes

ZMap Plus Grid

ZMap

Yes

Yes

Yes