Formats Supported by ArcGIS Interoperability Extension
Formats Comparison: ArcGIS Data Interoperability / FME for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Data Interoperability
FME for ArcGIS
Format
Read
Write
Read
Write
Access Database (nonspatial)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Adobe Illustrator (EPS)
No
Yes
No
Yes
Aircom ENTERPRISE
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
APIC (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
APT
No
No
Yes
No
ARGIS GINA
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
ASCII Tabular
No
No
+
+
Autodesk GIS Design Server (VISION) native
No
No
+
+
Autodesk AutoCAD 2004
Yes
No
Yes
No
Autodesk AutoCAD DWF
No
No
Yes
Yes
Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Autodesk GIS Design Server (VISION) GINA (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Autodesk Map Object Reader
No
No
*
Yes
*
No
Autodesk MapGuide SDF (binary)
No
No
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
Autodesk MapGuide SDL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
AutoKa Transfer File (FF)
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
BC Electronic Submission Framework (ESF) ABR
No
No
Yes
Yes
BC Electronic Submission Framework (ESF) FTA GML
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BC Electronic Submission Framework (ESF) RESULTS GML
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BC MOEP
Yes
No
Yes
+
BGrund (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
C60 Format (AED-SICAD) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Card (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
No
Yes
CCOGIF Reader
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
CCOGIF Writer
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
No
+
CDED DEM
No
No
No
Yes
CGDEF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CITS/QLF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CSV (Comma-Separated Value)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cubestore MDF
No
No
No
+
Danish DSFL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Danish DSFL XML (XDK)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Danish UFO
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
dBase III (DBF)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DES
No
No
Yes
No
Design Files (DGN) Version 7
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Design Files (DGN) Version 8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DFK (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
DMDF (Digital Map Data Format)
No
No
Yes
No
DTED DEM
No
No
Yes
Yes
EDBS (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
No
Yes
No
Yes
ESRI ArcGIS 9.x Map (.mxd)
No
No
*
Yes
*
No
ESRI ArcGIS Binary Grid (ArcGrid:AIG)
No
No
Yes
No
ESRI ArcInfo Coverage
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ESRI ArcInfo Export (E00)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ESRI ArcInfo Generate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ESRI ArcSDE 9.0/8.x/3.x
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ESRI Ascii Grid
No
No
Yes
Yes
ESRI Enterprise GeoDatabase (SDE)
Yes
Yes
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
ESRI Geodatabase (XML)
Yes
No
*
Yes
*
No
ESRI PC ArcInfo
Yes
No
Yes
No
ESRI Personal GeoDatabase (Access) 8.3/9.0 (Windows only)
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
ESRI Shape
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Facet XDR
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Fastgate (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
FME Feature Store (FFS)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
GATE/ADA (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
GDF
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
+
GDMS
Yes
No
Yes
No
GDS (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
GE Energy Smallworld
No
No
No
No
GE Smallworld
No
No
**
**
GenaMap
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
Yes
No
Yes
No
GEOCITY (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
GEODESYS StruMap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
GEOgraf (grafbat-ASCII) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
Geographix CDF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Geogrid OVL/ASC (
PDF Manual -
in German
) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
Yes
No
Yes
No
GeoTask
No
No
Yes
Yes
GeoTIFF
No
No
Yes
Yes
GICAD (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
GPX
Yes
No
Yes
No
GTI/RDB (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
IBM DB2 Spatial
Yes
No
Yes
No
IBM DB2 Tables (non-spatial)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IBM IFF (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
IDRISI
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Incremental Update Format (IUF)
No
No
Yes
No
Intergraph FRAMME
+
No
+
+
Intergraph FRAMME SEF (Standard Exchange Format) Writer
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
No
+
Intergraph G/Technology (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
+
+
Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse (Windows only)
Yes
*
Yes
*
Yes
*
Yes
*
Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intergraph MGE
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
INTERLIS
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
ISO 8211
Yes
No
Yes
No
KLT Atlas ASCII (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Landmark Z-MAP
No
No
+
Yes
Landmark ZGF (Zycor Graphics File)
No
No
Yes
No
Landonline (LandXML)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Laser-Scan IFF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LaserScan Gothic (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Latitude DMF (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Leica GSI (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
Leica IDEX
No
No
Yes
Yes
MapGIS (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
MapGIS ASCII (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
MapInfo MID/MIF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MapInfo SpatialWare on SQL Server
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
**
**
MapInfo TAB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mercator MCF
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Excel (.xls)
No
No
Yes
No
MicroStation Geographics V7/V8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
MZK (
PDF Manual -
in German
) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Nen1878 (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
NTF
Yes
No
Yes
No
NTX Caris (Note: Does not include the ability to handle NTX Soundings)
No
No
Yes
Yes
NTX Soundings (Note: This is not a special reader/writer but rather a license for it enables more functionality in the NTX reader/writer that FME has.)
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
ODBC 2.x Database (Attributes Only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ODBC 3.x Database (Attributes Only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OGC Geography Markup Language (GML)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OGDI
No
No
Yes
No
ONORM (
PDF manual -
in German
) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle 10g/9i/8i Spatial Object
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle 10g/9i/8i Tables (nonspatial)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oracle Spatial Relational
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oracle SQL Loader ASCII
No
Yes
No
Yes
OS MasterMap (DNF) (GML-2)
Yes
No
Yes
No
PenMetrics GRD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PHOCUS PHODAT
Yes
No
Yes
+
PLANET
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostGIS Database
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL Database
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raster Image (PNG)
No
Yes
No
Yes
REGIS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
rmDATA MXF (
PDF Manual -
in German
) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
S-57
Yes
No
Yes
No
SAIF
Yes
No
Yes
+
SDTS
Yes
No
Yes
No
SEG-P1
No
No
*
No
Shockwave Flash
No
No
No
Yes
SLF
Yes
No
Yes
No
Smallworld (Spatial Biz) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
No
No
SOTF
+
No
+
No
SPANS
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
SQD
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
Yes
STAR INFORMATIC (CX) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
*
Yes
*
*
Yes
*
SuperMap
No
No
Yes
Yes
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
No
Yes
No
Yes
Swedish KF85
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Swedish MASIK
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Text File
No
No
Yes
Yes
TIGER/Line
Yes
No
Yes
+
TOP10GML
Yes
No
Yes
No
USGS DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
No
No
Yes
No
USGS DLG
Yes
No
Yes
No
VALIS/ASC (
PDF Manual -
in German
) (
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
Yes
No
Vertical Mapper Grid (NGrid)
No
No
Yes
Yes
VML
No
Yes
No
Yes
VPF Reader
Yes
No
Yes
No
VPF Writer
(
Extra cost plug-in req'd
)
No
No
No
+
VRML
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Feature Service (WFS)
Yes