Supported Formats
This is a list of some of the common raster and vector formats supported by OSSIM. Note that this is not an exhaustive list.
| Format | Read | Write | Driver | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIL | x | x | general_raster_bil general_raster_bil_envi | |
| BIP | x | x | general_raster_bip general_raster_bip_envi | |
| BSQ | x | x | general_raster_bsq general_raster_bsq_envi | |
| CADRG | x | |||
| CIB | x | |||
| DEM | x | |||
| DTED | x | |||
| GeoJP2, JP2 | x | x | ossim_kakadu_jp2 | |
| GeoPDF | x | Native Support for Both ISO and TerraGo GeoPDF | ||
| HDF | x | Requires GDAL Plugin | ||
| IMG | x | x | gdal_HFA | Requires GDAL Plugin |
| JPEG | x | x | jpeg | |
| MrSID | x | x | ossim_mrsid | |
| NITF 2.0, 2.1 | x | x | nitf_block_band_separate nitf_block_band_sequential nitf20_block_band_separate nitf20_block_band_sequential | |
| NITF 2.1 w/JP2 | x | x | ossim_kakadu_nitf_j2k | |
| PNG | x | x | ossim_png gdal_PNG | |
| SRTM | x | |||
| TIFF, GeoTIFF | x | x | tiff_strip tiff_tiled tiff_strip_band_separate tiff_tiled_band_separate | |
| SHP | x | Requires GDAL Plugin | ||
| KML | x | Requires GDAL Plugin | ||
| VPF | x | Requires GDAL Plugin with OGDI | ||
| ArcSDE | x | Requires GDAL Plugin | ||
| Personal GeoDatabase | x | Requires GDAL Plugin | ||
| Oracle Spatial | x | Requires GDAL Plugin with OCI |
Plugins
OSSIM supports a variety of file formats through the use of plugins. Path to the plugins must be defined in the ossim_prefs.
native*
- jpeg
- tiff_strip
- tiff_tiled
- tiff_strip_band_separate
- tiff_tiled_band_separate
- general_raster_bil
- general_raster_bip
- general_raster_bsq
- general_raster_bil_envi
- general_raster_bip_envi
- general_raster_bsq_envi
- nitf_block_band_separate
- nitf_block_band_sequential
- nitf20_block_band_separate
- nitf20_block_band_sequential
* no plugin required
pngplugin
geopdfplugin
mrsidplugin
kakaduplugin
kmlsuperoverlayplugin
gdalplugin
Here's a sampling of some of the common raster formats available via the GDAL Plugin:
- gdal_AAIGrid
- gdal_ADRG
- gdal_BLX
- gdal_BMP
- gdal_BT
- gdal_DTED
- gdal_EHdr
- gdal_ELAS
- gdal_ENVI
- gdal_ERS
- gdal_FIT
- gdal_GeoRaster
- gdal_GIF
- gdal_GSAG
- gdal_GSBG
- gdal_GTiff
- gdal_HDF4Image
- gdal_HFA
- gdal_IDA
- gdal_ILWIS
- gdal_INGR
- gdal_JP2KAK
- gdal_JPEG
- gdal_KMLSUPEROVERLAY
- gdal_Leveller
- gdal_MEM
- gdal_MFF
- gdal_MFF2
- gdal_NITF
- gdal_PAux
- gdal_PCIDSK
- gdal_PCRaster
- gdal_PNG
- gdal_PNM
- gdal_R
- gdal_RMF
- gdal_RST
- gdal_SAGA
- gdal_SGI
- gdal_SRTMHGT
- gdal_Terragen
- gdal_USGSDEM
- gdal_VRT
- gdal_XPM
