Sun Raster Reader/Writer

FME Format Type Identifier

SUNRASTER

Reader/Writer

Both

Typical File Extensions

. ras, .sun

The Sun Raster image file format is the native bitmap format of the Sun Microsystems UNIX platforms using the SunOS operating system.

This format is capable of storing grayscale and color images. The use of palettes and a simple Run-Length data compression are also supported.

Sun Raster Product and System Requirements

Format

Platform

Operating System

Reader/Writer

FME Desktop License

FME Server

FME Cloud

Windows 64-bit

Linux

Mac

Reader

Available in FME Professional Edition and higher

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Writer

Available in FME Professional Edition and higher

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reader Overview

FME considers a single Sun Raster file to be a dataset. Each dataset contains a single FME raster feature.

Writer Overview

FME considers a dataset to be a folder name. The feature type of each dataset is the filename. The writer distinguishes duplicate output files by appending numbers to the filenames.

FME Raster Features

FME raster features represent raster data and use several concepts that are unlike those used in the handling of vector data.

For comprehensive information about how FME processes raster data, see Rasters.

SUNRASTER supports rasters with the following structures:

  • a Gray8 band
  • a Red8 band, a Green8 band, a Blue8 band, and optionally one more band with a UInt8 data type
  • a UInt8 band with an RGB24 palette