Geographic Data Management System (GDMS) Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

GDMS

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Base

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Folder

Feature Type

Geometry-based name

Typical File Extensions

Not applicable

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not applicable

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type

gdms_type

Encoding Support No

GDMS Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

yes

circular arc

no

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

yes

none

no

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

yes

z values

no