Planet Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

PLANET

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Reader: File

Writer: Folder

Feature Type

Height, Clutter, CDMA, Array, Vector, Validation

Typical File Extensions

.def

Automated Translation Support

No

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not applicable

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

planet_type

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

yes

circles

no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

no

 

raster

yes

donut polygon

no

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

no

none

no

 

 

 

Band Interpretations

Int16

Palette Key Interpretations

UInt8, UInt16

Palette Value Interpretations

String

Nodata Value

-32767 for height

255 for clutter

Cell Origin (x, y)

0, 0

Rotation Support

No

GCP Support

No

World File Support

No

TAB File Support

No