Supported Raster Formats
| File Name | File Format |
|
|
Read | Predefined Import | Write |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc/Info BIL | .bil | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Arc/Info Binary Grid | .adf | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Envisat ASAR Files | .N1 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Erdas Imagine Images | .img | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Erdas LAN | .lan .gis |
yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| ESRI ASCII Grid Files | .asc | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Generic[1] | All | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Geocoded [1] | All | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format | .gxf | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| GeoSoft Grid File 2.0 | .ggf | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
|
Geotif (incl. 64-bit float) |
.tif |
yes |
yes | yes | yes | |
| Gould LIPS | .lip | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| HDF5 | .he5 | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Idrisi Raster | .idr | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Inpho UAS/SATMaster | .tif | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Intergraph Raster | .ers | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| JPEG (incl. EXIF) | .jpg | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| JPEG 2000 (incl. 64-bit float) | .jp2 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| National Imagery Transmission | .ntf | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| NCSA Hierarchical Data Format | .hdf4 .hdf5 |
yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| NITF 2.0 | .nit | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| PCIDSK | .pix | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| PCO SensiCam Files | .b16 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Point Grey Research Ladybug camera driver | .pgr | yes | yes | |||
|
Portable Network Graphics (8-, 16-bit, color table) [2] |
.png | yes |
yes |
yes | yes | |
| SPANS Raster | .rnh | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Windows or OS/2 Bitmaps | .bmp | yes | yes | yes | yes |
[1] Import Templates may support additional instruments or image readers not listed here.
[2] png types supported are:
- png: input 8 bit layers - output 1 or more layers in 8 bit
- 16 bit png: input any bit type (if other than 16bit - values will be truncated to 16bit signed or unsigned) - output 1 or more layers in 16 bit (signed/unsigned depending on input layer)
- png (color table): input 1 to 3 layers (values are used to compute pseudo color table) - output 1 layer in 8 bit (pixel values contains color index, additionally color table is saved with 256 pseudo colors computed from input layers)
For predefined import templates see:
-
UserGuide > Projects and Workspaces > Importing Scenes into a Workspace
Predefined Import Templates (User Guide)
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User Guide > Automating Data Analysis > Creating, Saving and Loading Workspaces
For more information about unlisted import templates contact Trimble support via: eCognition support
Supported Point Cloud Formats
| File Name | File Format |
|
|
Read | Predefined Import | Write |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LAS (up to v1.4) |
.las | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
|
LASzip |
.laz | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
Furthermore eCognition supports the point cloud import from Trimble Business Center (TBC) projects.
Supported Mobile Mapping Data
| File Name | File Format |
|
|
Read | Predefined Import | Write |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TMX® export from Trimble Business Center for Mobile Mapping Data for Trimble MX9 and MX50. |
trajectory.csv + folders/directory | yes | no | yes | yes | no |
Supported Vector Formats
All formats supported for image layers also apply for thematic layers. Additionally, .shp vector files are supported. For polygon shapefiles and for .img files, the attribute table is automatically selected. For all other formats the respective attribute table has to be specifically indicated. From the Load attribute table dialog, the following file formats can be selected:
- .txt (ASCII text files)
- .dbf (Dbase files)
- .csv (comma separated values files)
| File Name | File Format |
|
|
Read | Write |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shapefile |
.shp | yes | yes | yes | yes |
|
multipart shapefile |
.shp | yes | yes | yes | no |
| FileGDB | .gdb | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| geoJSON | .geojson | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| GeoPackage | .gpkg | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| PostGIS | .postgis | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sqlite | .sqlite | yes | yes | yes | yes |
