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

 

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

no

circles

no

 

polygon

no

circular arc

no

 

raster

yes

donut polygon

no

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

no

 

z values

yes

none

no

 

 

 

 

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