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Automatically supported data formats

The service is theoretically capable of scanning all the formats supported by the FME ETL on which it is based. However, new formats are added as and when required.

Automatically scanned formats

File formats

The following list shows the data formats supported by the scan:

File formats
Apic Exchange Format (.asc)
AutoCAD DWG (.dwg)
AutoDesk DXF (.dxf)
AutoDesk SDF (.sdf)
ER Mapper ECW (.ecw)
Esri ASCII Grid (.grd, .asc)
Esri File Geodatabase (.gdb)
Esri shapefiles (.shp)
GeoJSON (.geojson)
GeoTIFF (.geotiff)
JPEG (.jpg / .jpeg)
JPEG 2000 (.jp2)
Lidar Data Exchange Format (.las, .laz, .lasd)
MicroStation DGN (.dgn)
Portable Network Graphics (.png)
TIFF (.tiff)

Database management systems (DBMS)

The following list shows the DBMS formats supported by Scan:

DBMS
Microsoft SQL Server Spatial
PostGIS
Esri Enterprise Geodatabase (ArcSDE)
Oracle Spatial

For DBMSs, Scan has the particularity of also retrieving tables without geometries and creating non-geographical tabular data sheets.

However, not all formats are taken into account to the same degree and in the same way, given their specific features.