R Statistical Data (RDATA) Raster Reader/Writer

Licensing options for this format begin with FME Professional Edition.

The R Statistical Data (RDATA) Raster Reader/Writer allows FME to read and write data in the R Statistical Data format as rasters.

Overview

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R files store data as binary or ASCII workspace files that may store a number of objects.

The R Statistical Data Raster Reader/Writer only works with R files that contain a numeric vector object. The numeric vector will be mapped to raster geometry as follows: the first dimension corresponds to the number of columns, the second dimension corresponds to the number of rows, and the third dimension corresponds to the number of bands.

Georeferencing is stored in numeric vector attributes named "lon" and "lat" (for geographic coordinate systems) or "x" and "y" (for projected coordinate systems) that are defined for the raster object. The dimensions of these attributes must correspond to the number of columns and rows in the raster, respectively.