Esri Geodatabase Quick Facts

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Esri Geodatabase Geometry Support

Format Type Identifier	Format Reader/Writer ESRI_MOBILE_GEODATABASE – Esri Mobile Geodatabase Both GEODATABASE_SDE – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb) Both GEODATABASE_FILE – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb) Both GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset) Both GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset) Both GEODATABASE_SDE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog) Reader GEODATABASE_FILE_RASTER_CATALOG – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog) Reader GEODATABASE_SDE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset) Writer GEODATABASE_FILE_MOSAIC_DATASET – Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset) Writer
Operating System	Format Available On Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Dataset) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Raster Catalog) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Mosaic Dataset) Mac Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Catalog) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Raster Dataset) Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb Mosaic Dataset) Mac Win 64-bit Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb) Reader   Esri Mobile Geodatabase Win 64-bit
Dependencies	Esri ArcGIS Server 10.1 or newer (64-bit Geodatabase) Esri ArcGIS Pro 2.7 or newer (Mobile Geodatabase) Note: FME and ArcGIS must both be running on 64-bit machines.
Dataset Type	None (ArcSDE) File (Mobile Geodatabase) Folder (File-based)
Feature Type	Feature Class name
Typical File Extensions	Geodatabase: .gdb Mobile Geodatabase: .geodatabase
Automated Translation Support	Yes
User-Defined Attributes	Yes
Coordinate System Support	Yes
Generic Color Support	No
Appearance Support (Surfaces Only)	Yes
Spatial Index	Always
Schema Required	Yes
Transaction Support	Yes
Geometry Type	geodb_type
Encoding Support	Yes

Geodatabase Raster Support

Band Interpretations	Red8, Red16, Green8, Green16, Blue8, Blue16, Gray8, Gray16, Int8, UInt8, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Real32, Real64
Palette Key Interpretations	UInt8, UInt16
Palette Value Interpretations	RGB24
Nodata Value	Yes
Cell Origin (x, y)	0.5, 0.5
Rotation Support	No
GCP Support	No
World File Support	No
TAB File Support	No

About FME and Geodatabase Rasters

Raster support is limited to File Geodatabases and Enterprise Geodatabases.

Esri Geodatabases can store rasters as raster datasets, raster catalogs, and raster mosaics.

FME Reading: FME supports reading raster datasets and raster catalogs. FME also supports reading mosaic datasets either as a single mosaicked raster through a raster dataset reader, or as multiple-source rasters through a raster catalog reader.

FME Writing: FME supports writing for raster datasets but not for raster catalogs or mosaic datasets.