Microsoft Bitmap (BMP) Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

BMP

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

Available only on Windows

Dataset Type

Reader: File

Writer: Folder

Feature Type

BMP or <source_dataset_filename>

Typical File Extensions

.bmp

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Through TAB files

Coordinate System Support

Through TAB files

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

bmp_type

Microsoft Bitmap (BMP) Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

no

point

no

polygon

no

raster

yes

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

yes

Microsoft Bitmap (BMP) Raster Support

Band Interpretations

Red8, Green8, Blue8

Palette Key Interpretations

UInt8

Palette Value Interpretations

RGB24

Nodata Value

not applicable

Cell Origin (x, y)

0.5,0.5

Rotation Support

Through World files

GCP Support

Through TAB files

World File Support

Yes

TAB File Support

Yes