Esri ArcSDE Raster-Specific Quick Facts

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, RGBA32

Nodata Value

Stored based on location (see FME SDE Highlights section)

Cell Origin (x, y)

0.5, 0.5

Rotation Support

No

GCP Support

No

World File Support

No

TAB File Support

No

Notes: Only rasters with color palettes can be written with the ArcSDE writer. Other types of palettes must either be converted to color palettes or be removed or resolved to continuous rasters in order to be written.
Raster catalogs must be registered with the Geodatabase via ArcCatalog, in order for them to be viewed properly. Unregistered raster catalogs will appear as tables.

  • JPEG Compression Level

    This option sets the JPEG quality when using JPEG compression.

    Note: Repeatedly reading and saving files may decrease the quality for this format. In addition, Workbench may not know which format data comes from, and whether it used lossy compression. If you know that source data comes from files with lossy compression, you should also set the compression level to 0. Although this compression still does not guarantee the exact copy of the source file, the output will be very close to the original.