Supported Raster Formats

Supported Raster Formats

MapServer can render map layers by using various raster layer sources natively or via the GDAL library. You can set up the source by setting the Connection Type parameter in the Layer Property Editor. To specify this layer data source the Connection Type must set to MS_RASTER in the MapManager Layer Property Editor.

MapManager support the following raster formats to be used:

• ECW (rw): ERMapper Compressed Wavelets
• JP2ECW (rw+): ERMapper JPEG2000
• FITS (rw+): Flexible Image Transport System
• GMT (rw): GMT NetCDF Grid Format
• HDF5 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 5
• HDF5Image (ro): HDF5 Dataset
• MrSID (ro): Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)
• netCDF (rw): Network Common Data Format
• SDE (ro): ESRI ArcSDE
• VRT (rw+): Virtual Raster
• GTiff (rw+): GeoTIFF
• NITF (rw+): National Imagery Transmission Format
• RPFTOC (ro): Raster Product Format TOC format
• HFA (rw+): Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
• SAR_CEOS (ro): CEOS SAR Image
• CEOS (ro): CEOS Image
• JAXAPALSAR (ro): JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
• GFF (ro): Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)
• ELAS (rw+): ELAS
• AIG (ro): Arc/Info Binary Grid
• AAIGrid (rw): Arc/Info ASCII Grid
• SDTS (ro): SDTS Raster
• DTED (rw): DTED Elevation Raster
• PNG (rw): Portable Network Graphics
• JPEG (rw): JPEG JFIF
• MEM (rw+): In Memory Raster
• JDEM (ro): Japanese DEM (.mem)
• GIF (rw): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
• BIGGIF (ro): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
• ESAT (ro): Envisat Image Format
• BSB (ro): Maptech BSB Nautical Charts
• XPM (rw): X11 PixMap Format
• BMP (rw+): MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap
• DIMAP (ro): SPOT DIMAP
• AirSAR (ro): AirSAR Polarimetric Image
• RS2 (ro): RadarSat 2 XML Product
• PCIDSK (rw+): PCIDSK Database File
• PCRaster (rw): PCRaster Raster File
• ILWIS (rw+): ILWIS Raster Map
• SGI (rw+): SGI Image File Format 1.0
• SRTMHGT (rw): SRTMHGT File Format
• Leveller (rw+): Leveller heightfield
• Terragen (rw+): Terragen heightfield
• ISIS3 (ro): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
• ISIS2 (ro): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
• PDS (ro): NASA Planetary Data System
• ERS (rw+): ERMapper .ers Labelled
• L1B (ro): NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
• FIT (rw): FIT Image
• GRIB (ro): GRIdded Binary (.grb)
• RMF (rw+): Raster Matrix Format
• WCS (ro): OGC Web Coverage Service
• WMS (ro): OGC Web Map Service
• MSGN (ro): EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)
• RST (rw+): Idrisi Raster A.1
• INGR (rw+): Intergraph Raster
• GSAG (rw): Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)
• GSBG (rw+): Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)
• GS7BG (ro): Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)
• COSAR (ro): COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
• TSX (ro): TerraSAR-X Product
• COASP (ro): DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster
• PNM (rw+): Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)
• DOQ1 (ro): USGS DOQ (Old Style)
• DOQ2 (ro): USGS DOQ (New Style)
• ENVI (rw+): ENVI .hdr Labelled
• EHdr (rw+): ESRI .hdr Labelled
• GenBin (ro): Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
• PAux (rw+): PCI .aux Labelled
• MFF (rw+): Vexcel MFF Raster
• MFF2 (rw+): Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
• FujiBAS (ro): Fuji BAS Scanner Image
• GSC (ro): GSC Geogrid
• FAST (ro): EOSAT FAST Format
• BT (rw+): VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format
• LAN (ro): Erdas .LAN/.GIS
• CPG (ro): Convair PolGASP
• IDA (rw+): Image Data and Analysis
• NDF (ro): NLAPS Data Format
• EIR (ro): Erdas Imagine Raw
• DIPEx (ro): DIPEx
• LCP (ro): FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)
• RIK (ro): Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)
• USGSDEM (rw): USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)
• GXF (ro): GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
• HTTP (ro): HTTP Fetching Wrapper
• ADRG (rw+): ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
• BLX (rw): Magellan topo (.blx)