Esri Geodatabase Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Esri Geodatabase Geometry Support

Format Type Identifier

Format

Reader/Writer

ESRI_MOBILE_GEODATABASE – Esri Mobile Geodatabase

Both

GEODATABASE_SDE – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb)

Both

GEODATABASE_FILE – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb)

Both

GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset)

Both

GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset)

Both

GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog)

Reader

GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog)

Reader

GEODATABASE_SDE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Writer

GEODATABASE_FILE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Writer

Operating System

Format Available On

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Mac

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset)

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset)

Mac

Win 64-bit

Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb) Reader

 

Esri Mobile Geodatabase

Win 64-bit

Dependencies

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

Note: 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

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

About FME and Geodatabase Rasters

Raster support is limited to File Geodatabases and Enterprise Geodatabases.

Esri Geodatabases can store rasters as raster datasets, raster catalogs, and raster mosaics.

FME Reading: FME supports reading raster datasets and raster catalogs. FME also 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.

FME Writing: FME supports writing for raster datasets but not for raster catalogs or mosaic datasets.