Esri Geodatabase Quick Facts

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Esri Geodatabase Geometry Support

Format Type Identifier

ESRI_MOBILE_GEODATABASE – Esri Mobile Geodatabase

GEODATABASE_SDE – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE 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

Format	Licensing Level	Available On
Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb)	Professional Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset)	Professional Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog)	Professional Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset)	Professional Edition	Mac Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb)	Esri Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog)	Esri Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset)	Esri Edition	Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset)	Esri Edition	Mac Win 64-bit
Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb) Reader	Please see the linked topics for information about the new 64-bit reader.
Esri Mobile Geodatabase	Professional Edition	Win 64-bit

Dependencies

Esri ArcGIS Server 10.1 or newer (64-bit Geodatabase)
Esri ArcGIS Pro 2.7 or newer (Mobile Geodatabase)

FME and ArcGIS must both be running on 64-bit machines.

Dataset Type

None (ArcSDE)
File (Mobile Geodatabase)
Folder (File-based)

Feature Type

Feature Class name

Typical File Extensions

Geodatabase: .gdb
Mobile Geodatabase: .geodatabase

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

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.