Esri .hdr Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier

ESRIHDR

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Reader: File, Writer: Folder

Feature Type

ESRIHDR or <source_dataset_filename>

Typical File Extensions

.bil, .bip, .bsq, .raw,

.bsw, .blw, .bpw, .*

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Through TAB files

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

esrihdr_type

Esri .hdr 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

no

Esri .hdr Raster Quick Facts

Band Interpretations

Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16,
Alpha8, Alpha16, Gray8, Gray16, UInt32, Int8,
Int16, Int32, Real32

Palette Key Interpretations

UInt8, UInt16, UInt32

Palette Value Interpretations

RGB24

Nodata Value

Any

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