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Supported Resources

This page describes all supported formats for spatial information. More information about GIS resources can be read here.

Vector Data

Format File Extension Read Write
File based resources
Orbit Vector File .ovf * *
Orbit Vector File Tiled .ovt * *
ESRI Shapefile .shp * *
GPS eXchange Format .gpx * *
Keyhole Markup Language .kml .kmz *
Ascii file .csv .txt … *
FME Resources .dwg .dxf
.dgn
… 		*
Database Resources
Orbit DataBase File .odb * *
Well-known text * *
Well-known binary * *
Separate coordinate fields (x,y,z) * *
Oracle Spatial * *
ArcSDE *
Web based Resources
WFS - Web Feature Service *

Raster Data

Format File Extension Read Write
Orbit Multiresolution Image .omi * *
USGS DEM .dem * *
ERMapper ERS .ers * *
Esri FLT .flt * *
Nasa HGT .hgt * *
ERDAS IMAGINE .img * *
Idrisi RST .rst * *

Image Data

Format File Extension Read Write
File based resources
Orbit Image File .oif * *
Bitmap .bmp * *
Graphics Interchange Format .gif * *
JPEG .jpg .jpeg * *
Portable Network Graphics .png * *
Multiresolution Image data
Orbit Multiresolution Image .omi * *
MrSID .sid *1)
Enhanced Compression Wavelet .ecw * *2)
JPEG 2000 .jp2 *
Tagged Image File Format 3) .tif(f) * *
GeoTIFF .tif(f) *
Web based Resources
Orbit Tile Map Service File .otm *
TMS - Tile Map Service *
WMS - Web Map Service *

LiDAR Data

Format File Extension Read Write
Orbit Point Cloud .opc * *
Laser exchange format .las *
Laszip exchange format .laz *
pts .pts *
xyz .xyz *
txt .txt *
csv .csv *

Other Resources

Format File Extension Read Write
CRS definition
prj .prj *
Code Page definition
Code Page definition .cpg *

Other Orbit Resources

Format File Extension Read Write
Orbit Composite Resource .ocr * *
Orbit Annotation File .oaf * *
Orbit Construction File .ocf * *
Orbit GIS Workspace .ogw * *
olg .olg * *
Image World File .XXw * *
Orbit Mobile Mapping Resource .ommr * *
ord .ord * *
Orbit Strabo Project File .osf * *
Orbit Symbols Library .osl *

1)
Drivers for MrSID are only available on Windows
2)
File < 500 Mb (uncompressed); Filesize = Width (pix) x Height (pix) x 3 bytes
3)
Orbit supports the commonly used tiff image compression methods (G4, JPEG, LZW and Packbits). If a tiff file cannot be read properly in Orbit, contact Orbit support
 
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