= 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. 
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<tr><th>Format</th><th width="75">Read</th><th width="75">Write</th><th>Driver</th><th width="250">Notes</th></tr>
<tr><td>BIL</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>general_raster_bil<br/>general_raster_bil_envi</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>BIP</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>general_raster_bip<br/>general_raster_bip_envi</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>BSQ</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>general_raster_bsq<br/>general_raster_bsq_envi</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>CADRG</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>CIB</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>DEM</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>DTED</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>GeoJP2, JP2</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>ossim_kakadu_jp2</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>GeoPDF</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Native Support for Both ISO and TerraGo GeoPDF</td></tr>
<tr><td>HDF</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>IMG</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>gdal_HFA</td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>JPEG</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>jpeg</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>MrSID</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>ossim_mrsid </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>NITF 2.0, 2.1</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>nitf_block_band_separate<br/>nitf_block_band_sequential<br/>nitf20_block_band_separate<br/>nitf20_block_band_sequential </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>NITF 2.1 w/JP2</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>ossim_kakadu_nitf_j2k</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>PNG</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>ossim_png <br/> gdal_PNG</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>SRTM</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>TIFF, GeoTIFF</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td>tiff_strip<br/>tiff_tiled<br/>tiff_strip_band_separate<br/>tiff_tiled_band_separate</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>SHP</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>KML</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>VPF</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin with OGDI</td></tr>
<tr><td>ArcSDE</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>Personal GeoDatabase</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin</td></tr>
<tr><td>Oracle Spatial</td><td style="text-align:center;">x</td><td></td><td></td><td>Requires GDAL Plugin with OCI</td></tr>
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== 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 ===
 * [wiki:pngplugin ossim_png]

=== geopdfplugin ===
 * [wiki:geopdfplugin ossim_geopdfplugin]

=== mrsidplugin ===
 * [wiki:mrsidplugin ossim_mrsid]

=== kakaduplugin ===
 * [wiki:kakaduplugin ossim_kakadu_jp2]
 * [wiki:kakaduplugin ossim_kakadu_nitf_j2k]

=== kmlsuperoverlayplugin ===
 * [wiki:kmlsuperoverlayplugin ossim_kmlsuperoverlayplugin]

=== gdalplugin ===
Here's a sampling of some of the common raster formats available via the [wiki:gdalplugin 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