# GDAL: Import Raster

(c) 2007 by O.Conrad (A.Ringeler)
The "GDAL Raster Import" module imports grid data from various file formats using the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" (GDAL) by Frank Warmerdam. For more information have a look at the GDAL homepage:
http://www.gdal.org
GDAL Version:1.8.1
Following raster formats are currently supported:

ID | Name
--- | ---
VRT | Virtual Raster
GTiff | GeoTIFF
NITF | National Imagery Transmission Format
RPFTOC | Raster Product Format TOC format
HFA | Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
SAR_CEOS | CEOS SAR Image
CEOS | CEOS Image
JAXAPALSAR | JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
GFF | Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)
ELAS | ELAS
AIG | Arc/Info Binary Grid
AAIGrid | Arc/Info ASCII Grid
SDTS | SDTS Raster
OGDI | OGDI Bridge
DTED | DTED Elevation Raster
PNG | Portable Network Graphics
JPEG | JPEG JFIF
MEM | In Memory Raster
JDEM | Japanese DEM (.mem)
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
BIGGIF | Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
ESAT | Envisat Image Format
BSB | Maptech BSB Nautical Charts
XPM | X11 PixMap Format
BMP | MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap
DIMAP | SPOT DIMAP
AirSAR | AirSAR Polarimetric Image
RS2 | RadarSat 2 XML Product
PCIDSK | PCIDSK Database File
PCRaster | PCRaster Raster File
ILWIS | ILWIS Raster Map
SGI | SGI Image File Format 1.0
SRTMHGT | SRTMHGT File Format
Leveller | Leveller heightfield
Terragen | Terragen heightfield
GMT | GMT NetCDF Grid Format
netCDF | Network Common Data Format
HDF4 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 4
HDF4Image | HDF4 Dataset
ISIS3 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
ISIS2 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
PDS | NASA Planetary Data System
TIL | EarthWatch .TIL
ERS | ERMapper .ers Labelled
JPEG2000 | JPEG-2000 part 1 (ISO/IEC 15444-1)
L1B | NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
FIT | FIT Image
GRIB | GRIdded Binary (.grb)
RMF | Raster Matrix Format
WCS | OGC Web Coverage Service
WMS | OGC Web Map Service
MSGN | EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)
RST | Idrisi Raster A.1
INGR | Intergraph Raster
GSAG | Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)
GSBG | Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)
GS7BG | Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)
COSAR | COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
TSX | TerraSAR-X Product
COASP | DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster
R | R Object Data Store
PNM | Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)
DOQ1 | USGS DOQ (Old Style)
DOQ2 | USGS DOQ (New Style)
ENVI | ENVI .hdr Labelled
EHdr | ESRI .hdr Labelled
GenBin | Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
PAux | PCI .aux Labelled
MFF | Vexcel MFF Raster
MFF2 | Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
FujiBAS | Fuji BAS Scanner Image
GSC | GSC Geogrid
FAST | EOSAT FAST Format
BT | VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format
LAN | Erdas .LAN/.GIS
CPG | Convair PolGASP
IDA | Image Data and Analysis
NDF | NLAPS Data Format
EIR | Erdas Imagine Raw
DIPEx | DIPEx
LCP | FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)
GTX | NOAA Vertical Datum .GTX
LOSLAS | NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift
NTv2 | NTv2 Datum Grid Shift
RIK | Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)
USGSDEM | USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)
GXF | GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
HTTP | HTTP Fetching Wrapper
BAG | Bathymetry Attributed Grid
HDF5 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 5
HDF5Image | HDF5 Dataset
NWT_GRD | Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab
NWT_GRC | Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab
ADRG | ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
SRP | Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)
BLX | Magellan topo (.blx)
Rasterlite | Rasterlite
PostGISRaster | PostGIS Raster driver
SAGA | SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)
KMLSUPEROVERLAY | Kml Super Overlay
XYZ | ASCII Gridded XYZ
HF2 | HF2/HFZ heightfield raster
OZI | OZI

## Parameters

Grids
Output Grid list
Files
File path