下表是gdal所支持的栅格数据格式类型。其中某种格式是否支持gdal创建、是否支持地理参考、最大文件大小限制以及是否支持压缩均可以在这个表中查到。
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 |
|
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 |