S-57 Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

S57

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File/Catalog

Feature Type

Object class

Typical File Extensions

.000, 030

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

Yes

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not applicable

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type

s57_type

Encoding Support Yes

 

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

yes

circles

no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

no

 

raster

no

donut polygon

yes

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

no

none

yes