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Supported Formats

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
Well-known text .odb * *
Well-known binary * *
Separate coordinate fields (x,y,z) * *
Oracle Spatial * *
PostgreSQL * *
ArcSDE *1)
Web based Resources
WFS - Web Feature Service .owfs *

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 *2)
Enhanced Compression Wavelet .ecw * *3)
JPEG 2000 .jp2 *
Tagged Image File Format .tif(f) 4) * *
GeoTIFF .tif(f) *
Web based Resources
TMS - Tile Map Service .otm *
WMS - Web Map Service .owms *

LiDAR Data

Format File Extension Read Write
Orbit Point Cloud .opc * *
ASTM E57 .e57 * *
Laser exchange format .las *
Laszip exchange format .laz 5) *
pts .pts *
xyz .xyz *
Ascii Text File .txt *
csv .csv *

Other Resources

Format File Extension Read Write
Image World File .XXw * *
prj .prj *
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 * *
Orbit Mobile Mapping Resource .omr * *
ord .ord * *
Orbit Strabo Project File .osf * *
Orbit Symbols Library .osl *
owms .owms *
owfs .owfs *

Mobile Mapping Resources

supported_resources

Oblique Resources

supported_resources

UAS Resources

uas_mapping

1)
ArcSDE, Read : Geometry and attributes only, not available for Asset Inventory
2)
Drivers for MrSID are only available on Windows
3)
File < 500 Mb (uncompressed); Filesize = Width (pix) x Height (pix) x 3 bytes
4)
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
5)
Orbit supports laszip on Windows (32 and 64bit) and Unix using the libLAS library. There is no support on Mac and Linux.
No additional library installation must be done. But older computers may require an update of Visual C++ runtime (Missing dependency : MSVCR110.DLL).
 
Last modified:: 2014/08/27 08:28