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.
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) |
| Google Earth (.kml / .kmz) [only 1st layer in alphabetical order] |
| GPS eXchange Format (.gpx) |
| JPEG (.jpg / .jpeg) |
| JPEG 2000 (.jp2) |
| Lidar Data Exchange Format (.las, .laz, .lasd) |
| MapInfo tables (.tab) |
| MapInfo Interchange Format (.mif / .mid) |
| MicroStation DGN (.dgn) |
| Portable Network Graphics (.png) |
| SpatiaLite (.sqlite) |
| TIFF (.tiff) |
| XYZ (.xyz) [only for files containing 3 attribute columns (X Y and Z) separated by spaces] |
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.