Luciad Developer Platform

This table shows you which data types you can serve through the various LuciadFusion services:

Type

Notes

Files

General principles

Raster data

ECW and JPEG2000 only

✔

✔^*

✔

Vector data

✔

✔, except KML, NVG, VPF, DWG and DGN

✔

3D data

3D mesh, point cloud and panoramic data

✔

Specific data types

ACE2

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ace2

AIXM 3.3 and 4.5

Aviation standards

✔

*.xml

AIXM 5.1

Aviation standards

✔

*.xml, *.aixm5, *.aixm51

AML (STANAG 7170)

Maritime standards

✔

*.00, *.031

ARINC 424

Aviation standards

✔

*.txt, *.pc, FAA*, *ari, *.dat

ASRP/USRP/ADRG

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*01.THF, *01.GEN, *01.QAL, *.SOU, *.IMG

AutoCAD DWG and DXF

Infrastructure Standards

✔

*.dwg, *.dwg.zip, *.dwg.gz, *.dxf, *.dxf.zip, *.dxf.gz

Autodesk Navisworks

Infrastructure standards

✔

*.nwd

Autodesk Revit

Infrastructure standards

✔

*.rvt

Azavea Raster Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.arg, *.json

BCI

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.matrxmap

BigTIFF

✔

✔^*

✔

*.tif, *.tiff

Binz

Infrastructure Standards

✔

*.binz, tree0000.bin

BIL

✔

✔^*

✔

*.bil

BMP (and BPW)

✔

✔^*

✔

*bmp, *.bpw

BSB Nautical Chart

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.kap

BUFR SIGWX

Weather and Environment Standards. Only files with WAFS and SIGWX data.

✔

*.bufr, *.bin, or no extension

CADRG, CIB

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.toc (CADRG)

CGM

✔

*.cgm, *.cgm.gz, *.cgm.zip

CSV

✔

*.csv, *.tsv

DAFIF, DAFIFT

Aviation standards

✔

*dafif*.toc, *.txt, *.bnd, FILE*

DB2 Spatial and Geodetic Extender

Database Connectors

✔

*.db2

DEM

✔

*.dem, *.dem.gz, *.dem.zip

DMED/DTED

✔

*.dmed, *.dt0, *.dt1, *.dt2

DNG

Metadata format based on metadata standards ISO 19115 and ISO 19139.

*.xml

E57 point clouds

✔

*.e57

E57 panoramic imagery

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

*.e57

ECRG

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

TOC.xml

ECW

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ecw, *.ers

ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.hdr

EOSAT FAST Format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.fst

ERDAS Imagine

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.img

Esri ArcInfo ASCII Grid

✔

✔^*

✔

*.asc, *.grd

Esri ArcInfo Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.adf

Esri Shapefile

✔

*.shp, *.shp.gz, *.shp.zip

ETOPO

✔

*.ETOPO2.raw.bin, *.ETOPO2v2_MSP.raw, ETOPO5.DAT

Eurocontrol ASTERIX

Radar Connectors/Real-time Engine

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ast, *.asterix, *.astfin, *pcap

GDAL

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

GDAL elevation

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

GDAL Virtual

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.vrt

GDF

Graph and Routing Engine

✔

*.gdf

GeoJSON

✔

*.json, *.json.gz, *.json.zip, *.geojson

GeoPackage vector

✔

*.gpkg

GeoPackage raster

✔

✔^*

✔

*.gpkg

GeoPackage elevation

✔

*.gpkg

Geospatial PDF

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.pdf

GeoSPOT

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.DSC, *.REP

GeoTIFF

✔

✔^*

✔

*.tif, *.tiff

GeoTIFF elevation

✔

*.tif, *.tiff

GIF

✔

✔^*

✔

*.gif

GLB

Infrastructure Standards

✔

*.glb

Golden Software ASCII Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.AIG, *.ASC, *.AGR, *.GRD

Golden Software Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.GRD

Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.GRD

Google Earth Enterprise globe

Google Earth Enterprise (beta)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.kiasset (directory)

GRIB V1/V2

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.grb, *.grib2, *.grb2, *.dat

GXF Grid Exchange File

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.gxf

HDF5

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.hdf, *.h5, *.he5, *.hdf5

HF2/HFZ heightfield raster

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.hf2

HSPC (Hexagon Smart Point Cloud)

✔

*.hspc

IENC (Inland ECDIS)

Maritime Standards

✔

*.000, *.031

IFC

Infrastructure standards

✔

*.ifc

Informix Geodetic Datablade

Database Connectors

✔

*.ifx

Informix Spatial Datablade

Database Connectors

✔

*.isd

ISO 19115 and ISO 19139

Metadata standards

*.xml

JPEG and JGW

✔

✔^*

✔

*.jpg

JPEG2000

✔

✔^*

✔

*.jp2, *.j2k

KML raster

✔

✔^*

✔

*.kml, *.kmz

KML vector

✔

*.kml, *.kmz

LASer/LASzip

✔

*.las, *.laz

Leica Pegasus panoramic imagery

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

External Orientation.csv or *_Sphere.csv

Leica LGSx point clouds

✔

*.lgsx

Leica LGSx panoramic imagery

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

*.lgsx

LRDB

Luciad Raster Database

✔

✔^*

✔

*.lrdb

LuciadLightspeed JAI

✔

✔^*

✔

*.jai

Luciad Panorama format

✔

cubemap.json

LuciadFusion Coverage

✔

*.xml

LVDB

Luciad Vector Database

✔

*.lvdb

Magellan BLX TOPO

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.blx, *.xlb

MapInfo MAP

✔

*.map

MapInfo MIF

✔

*.mif, *.map, *.mif.gz, *.map.gz, *.mif.zip, *.map.zip

MapInfo TAB

✔

✔^*

✔

*.tab

MBTiles

File format for storing image (JPG or PNG) and vector tiles in SQL databases.

✔

✔^*

✔

*.mbtiles, TileJSON

MGCP 2.0.1

Defense Standards

✔

*.xml

Microsoft SQL Server

Database Connectors

✔

*.mss

Microstation DGN

Infrastructure Standards

✔

*.dgn, *.dgn.zip, *.dgn.gz

MrSID

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.sid

NetCDF

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.nc, *.netcdf, *.xml(NcML file)

NITF/NSIF (STANAG 4545)

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ntf

NOAA .gtx vertical datum shift

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.gtx

NVG

✔

*.nvg, *.xml

OBJ

✔

*.obj

OGC 3D Tiles

✔

tileset.json

OGC GML

✔

*.gml,*.gml31, (*.xml)

OpenFlight

✔

*.flt

Oracle Locator

Database Connectors

✔

*.ora

Oracle Spatial (GeoRaster)

Database Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ogr

OpenSceneGraph Binary (OSGB)

✔

*.osgb

PNG

✔

✔^*

✔

*.png

POL

✔

*.pol

PostgreSQL PostGIS

Database Connectors

✔

*.pgs

PPM

✔

✔^*

✔

*.ppm

S-52

Maritime Standards

✔

Not applicable

S-57

Maritime Standards

✔

*.00*, *.031

S-63 Decryption

Maritime Standards

✔

*.00*, *.031

S-101

Maritime Standards

✔

*.00*, CATALOG.XML

SGI Image format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.bw, *.rgb, *.rgba, *.sgi

Snow Data Assimilation System

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.hdr

Spot DIMAP

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

*.dim

SQLite SpatiaLite

Database Connectors

✔

*.spl

SRTM HGT Format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.hgt,*.DEM

SVG

✔

*.svg

SwissDHM

✔

*.mlt, *.mbl

TIFF and TFW

✔

✔^*

✔

*.tif, *.tiff, *.tfw

USGS DOQ First Generation

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.doq

USGS DOQ New Labelled

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.doq

VPF (VMAP, VMAP2i DNC, UVMap,…)

Defense standards

✔

Various extensions for various formats based on VPF.

WFS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

Not applicable

WMS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

Not applicable

WMTS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

Not applicable

VTP Binary Terrain format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

*.bt

^* You can serve raster data through an LTS service if you first process it as LuciadFusion coverages in the Data Connectivity Manager. Note that LuciadFusion Studio allows you to create LTS services for elevation data.

Supported data types