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Geodatabase Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

  • GEODATABASE_SDE – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb)
  • GEODATABASE_MDB – Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb)
  • GEODATABASE_FILE – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb)
  • GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset)
  • GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset)
  • GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog)
  • GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog)
  • Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog): Esri Edition

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

  • Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb): Base Edition
  • Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset): Professional Edition
  • Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog): Base Edition
  • Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb): Base Edition
  • Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb): Esri Edition
  • Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset): Esri Edition

Dependencies

  • Esri ArcGIS Desktop (32-bit Geodatabase)
  • Esri ArcGIS Server 10.1 or newer (64-bit Geodatabase)

The bit version (32-bit or 64-bit) must be the same for FME and ArcGIS.

Dataset Type

  • None (ArcSDE)
  • File (Access)
  • Folder (File-based)

Feature Type

Feature Class name

Typical File Extensions

for Personal Geodatabase: .mdb , .accdb

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Appearance Support (Surfaces Only) Yes

Spatial Index

Always

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

Yes

Geometry Type

geodb_type

Encoding Support

Yes

Geodatabase Geometry Support

Geometry Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

yes

solid

yes

surface

yes

text

yes

z values

yes

Geodatabase Raster-Specific Quick Facts

Band Interpretations Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16, Gray8, Gray16, Int8, UInt8, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Real32, Real64
Palette Key Interpretations UInt8, UInt16
Palette Value Interpretations RGB24
Nodata Value Yes
Cell Origin (x, y) 0.5, 0.5
Rotation Support No
GCP Support No
World File Support No
TAB File Support No

Note: Esri Geodatabases can store rasters as raster datasets, raster catalogs, and raster mosaics. FME supports reading raster datasets and raster catalogs. In addition, FME supports reading mosaic datasets either as a single mosaicked raster through a raster dataset reader, or as multiple-source rasters through a raster catalog reader. Writing is supported for raster datasets but not for raster catalogs or mosaic datasets. Finally, raster support is limited to File Geodatabases and Enterprise Geodatabases.