Common Grids Driver Category

Current driver status: Import available, export unavailable.

Drag and drop supported? No

Support status: Supported.

To access this driver:

  1. Display the Data Import screen. This screen is displayed when import-loading and when adding a file association to the current project. In all cases, functions are found on the Data ribbon.

  2. Select the Common GridsDriver Category and the Block Model Data Type.

 

The Common Grids driver category contains drivers belonging to the GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library), used to import data as a 2D block model from one of a large number of file types.

This data format is typically used for raster/grid geospatial data formats,

Note: GIS data is generally separated into 2 types: vector data, which consists of points, lines and polygons; and raster data, which consists of regular grids.

GDAL is an open source translator library, developed by the GIS community. It handles a range of raster/grid data, and contains a component called OGR which handles simple vector data.

Supported File Types

  • AirSAR Polarimetric Image (*.dat)
  • ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (*.gen;*.thf)
  • Arc/Info ASCII Grid (*.adf)
  • Arc/Info Binary Grid (*.asc;*.grd)
  • CEOS Image (*.*)
  • CEOS SAR Image (*.raw)
  • Convair PolGASP (*.img)
  • COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X) (*.xml)
  • DIPEx (*.*)
  • DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster (*.hdr)
  • DTED (rwv): DTED Elevation Raster (*.dt0;*.dt1;*.dt2)
  • EarthWatch .TIL (*.til)
  • ELAS (*.*)
  • ENVI .hdr Labelled (*.hdr)
  • Envisat Image Format (*.n1)
  • EOSAT FAST Format (*.fst)
  • Erdas .LAN/.GIS (*.lan;*.gis)
  • Erdas Imagine Images (*.img)
  • Erdas Imagine Raw (*.raw)
  • ERMapper .ers Labelled (*.ers)
  • ESRI .hdr Labelled (*.hdr)
  • EUMETSAT Archive native(*.nat)
  • FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (*.lcp)
  • FIT Image (*.fit)
  • Fuji BAS Scanner Image (*.bas)
  • Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled) (*.hdr)
  • GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format (*.gxf)
  • GeoTIFF (*.tif)
  • Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (*.grd)
  • Golden Software Binary Grid (*.grd)
  • Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
  • GRIdded Binary (*.grb)
  • Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (*.gff)
  • GSAG (rw): Golden Software ASCII Grid (*.grd)
  • GSC Geogrid (*.grd)
  • Idrisi Raster A.1 (*.rst)
  • ILWIS Raster Map (*.mpr;*.mpl)
  • Image Data and Analysis (*.ida)
  • Intergraph Raster  (*.cot;*.ctc;*.rgb;*.ctb;*.grd;*.crl;*.tpe;*.lsr;*.rle;*.cit;*.g3;*.g4;*.tg4;*.cmp)
  • Japanese DEM (*.mem)
  • JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5) (*.*)
  • JPEG/JFIF (*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.jfif;*.jif)
  • Leveller heightfield (*.ter)
  • Magellan topo (.blx)
  • Maptech BSB Nautical Charts (*.kap)
  • MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap (*.bmp)
  • NASA Planetary Data System (*.pds;*.lbl;*.img)
  • National Imagery Transmission Format (*.ntf;*.nsf)
  • NLAPS Data Format (*.ndf)
  • NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (*.*)
  • Northwood/Vertical Mapper Classified Grid Format (*.grc;*.tab)
  • Northwood/Vertical Mapper Numeric Grid Format (*.grd;*.tab)
  • OGC Web Coverage Service (*.xml)
  • OGC Web Map Service (*.xml)
  • PCI .aux Labelled (*.aux)
  • PCIDSK Database File (*.pix)
  • PCRaster Raster File (*.map)
  • Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
  • Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm) (*.ppm)
  • RadarSat 2 XML Product (product.xml)
  • Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw;*.mtw)
  • Raster Product Format TOC format (*.toc)
  • SAGA GIS Binary Grid (*.sdat)
  • SDTS Raster (*.ddf)
  • SGI Image File Format 1.0 (*.sgi)
  • SPOT DIMAP (metadata.dim)
  • SRTM HGT File Format (*.hgt)
  • Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP) (*.img)
  • Swedish Grid RIK (*.rik)
  • Terragen heightfield (*.ter)
  • TerraSAR-X Product (*.xml)
  • USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2) (*.cub)
  • USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3) (*.cub)
  • USGS DOQ (New Style) (*.nes)
  • USGS DOQ (Old Style) (*.nes)
  • USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED) (*.dem)
  • Vexcel MFF Raster (*.hdr)
  • Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster (*.*)
  • Virtual Raster (*.vrt);
  • VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format (*.bt)
  • X11 PixMap Format (*.xpm)

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