Luciad Developer Platform

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

Type

Notes

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)

✔

✔^*

✔

AIXM 3.3 and 4.5

Aviation standards

✔

AIXM 5.1

Aviation standards

✔

AML (STANAG 7170)

Maritime standards

✔

ARINC 424

Aviation standards

✔

ASDI/ETMS

Real-time Engine

✔

ASRP/USRP/ADRG

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

AutoCAD DWG and DXF

Infrastructure Standards

✔

Autodesk Revit

Infrastructure standards component

✔

Azavea Raster Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

BCI

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

BigTIFF

✔

✔^*

✔

Binz

Infrastructure Standards

✔

BIL

✔

✔^*

✔

BMP (and BPW)

✔

✔^*

✔

BSB Nautical Chart

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

BUFR SIGWX

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

✔

CADRG, CIB

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

CGM

✔

CSV

✔

DAFIF, DAFIFT

Aviation standards

✔

DB2 Spatial and Geodetic Extender

Database Connectors

✔

DEM

✔

DMED/DTED

✔

E57 point clouds

✔

E57 panoramic imagery

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

ECRG

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

ECW

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

EOSAT FAST Format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

ERDAS Imagine

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Esri ArcInfo ASCII Grid

✔

✔^*

✔

Esri ArcInfo Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Esri Shapefile

✔

ETOPO

✔

Eurocontrol ASTERIX

Radar Connectors/Real-time Engine

✔

✔^*

✔

GDAL

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

GDAL elevation

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

GDAL Virtual

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

GDF

Graph and Routing Engine

✔

GeoJSON

✔

GeoPackage vector

✔

GeoPackage raster

✔

✔^*

✔

GeoPackage elevation

✔

Geospatial PDF

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

GeoSPOT

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

GeoTIFF

✔

✔^*

✔

GeoTIFF elevation

✔

GIF

✔

✔^*

✔

GLB

Infrastructure Standards

✔

Golden Software ASCII Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Golden Software Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Google Earth Enterprise globe

Google Earth Enterprise (beta)

✔

✔^*

✔

GRIB V1/V2

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

GXF Grid Exchange File

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

HDF5

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

HF2/HFZ heightfield raster

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

HSPC (Hexagon Smart Point Cloud)

✔

IENC (Inland ECDIS)

Maritime Standards

✔

IFC

Infrastructure standards component

✔

Informix Geodetic Datablade

Database Connectors

✔

Informix Spatial Datablade

Database Connectors

✔

JPEG and JGW

✔

✔^*

✔

JPEG2000

✔

✔^*

✔

JPIP

✔

✔^*

✔

KML raster

✔

✔^*

✔

KML vector

✔

LASer/LASzip

✔

Leica Pegasus panoramic imagery

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

LRDB

Luciad Raster Database

✔

✔^*

✔

LuciadLightspeed JAI

✔

✔^*

✔

Luciad Panorama format

✔

LuciadFusion Coverage

✔

LVDB

Luciad Vector Database

✔

Magellan BLX TOPO

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

MapInfo MAP

✔

MapInfo MIF

✔

MapInfo TAB

✔

✔^*

✔

MBTiles

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

✔

✔^*

✔

MGCP 2.0.1

Defense Standards

✔

Microsoft SQL Server

Database Connectors

✔

Microstation DGN

Infrastructure Standards

✔

MrSID

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

NetCDF

Weather and Environment Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

NITF/NSIF (STANAG 4545)

Defense Standards

✔

✔^*

✔

NOAA .gtx vertical datum shift

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

NVG

✔

OBJ

✔

OGC 3D Tiles

✔

OGC GML

✔

Oracle Locator

Database Connectors

✔

Oracle Spatial (GeoRaster)

Database Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

OpenFlight

✔

OpenSceneGraph Binary (OSGB)

✔

PNG

✔

✔^*

✔

POL

✔

PostgreSQL PostGIS

Database Connectors

✔

PPM

✔

✔^*

✔

S-52

Maritime Standards

✔

S-57

Maritime Standards

✔

S-63 Decryption

Maritime Standards

✔

SGI Image format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Snow Data Assimilation System

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

Spot DIMAP

Advanced Raster Connectors

✔

✔^*

✔

SQLite SpatiaLite

Database Connectors

✔

SRTM HGT Format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

SVG

✔

SwissDHM

✔

TIFF and TFW

✔

✔^*

✔

USGS DOQ First Generation

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

USGS DOQ New Labelled

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

VPF (VMAP, VMAP2i DNC, UVMap,…)

Defense standards

✔

WFS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

WMS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

WMTS (OGC)

Requires a proxy setup.

✔

VTP Binary Terrain format

Advanced Raster Connectors (GDAL)

✔

✔^*

✔

^* 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