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Esri Geodatabase Geometry Support

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)
  • GEODATABASE_SDE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset)
  • GEODATABASE_FILE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level,

Operating System Restrictions

Format Licensing Level Available On

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb)

 Base Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset)

Professional Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog)

 Base Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Professional Edition
  • Mac
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb)

 Base Edition
  • Win 32-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb)

Esri Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog)

Esri Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset)

Esri Edition
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Esri Edition
  • Mac
  • Win 32-bit
  • Win 64-bit

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 Raster Support

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.