List of Readers and Writers
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View a list of formats deprecated in FME versions 2021+.
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List of format categories:
– 3D
– Cartography and Reports
– Coordinates
– Database
– FME Form Package
– Geometries
– Point Clouds
– Rasters
– Strings
– Web
– Workflows
Readers and Writers | Short Names | Format Categories | |
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1Spatial Internal Feature Format (IFF) Reader/Writer | IFF |
– Cartography and Reports – Geometries |
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1Spatial Mercator MCF Reader/Writer | MCF |
– Cartography and Reports – Geometries |
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12d Model Reader/Writer | 12DXML | – Geometries | |
Adobe 3D PDF Writer | – Geometries | ||
Adobe Geospatial PDF Reader/Writer | PDF2D |
– Cartography and Reports – Geometries– Rasters |
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Adobe Illustrator – Avenza MAPublisher Writer | MAPUBLISHER |
– Cartography and Reports – Coordinates – Geometries |
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Adobe Illustrator (IEPS) Writer | IEPS |
– Geometries – Rasters |
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Adobe Product Representation Compact (PRC) Writer | PRC |
– Coordinates – Geometries |
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ADRG (ARC Digitized Raster Graphics) Reader | ADRG |
– Cartography and Reports – Coordinates – Geometries – Rasters |
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Aircom ENTERPRISE Map Data/ASSET Data Reader/Writer | ENTERPRISE |
– Cartography and Reports – Geometries – Rasters |

Formats Deprecated in FME 2021+ |
Short Names |
FME Version |
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Actian Ingres Non-Spatial Reader/Writer |
INGRES_NONSPATIAL |
FME 2023.0 |
Actian Ingres Spatial Reader/Writer |
INGRES_SPATIAL |
FME 2023.0 |
Autodesk MapGuide (Version 6.5 and older) SDF (replaced by SDF3) |
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FME 2021.0 |
Autodesk ReCap Writer (Re-created for 2024.2) |
RECAP |
FME 2022.0 |
Autodesk SQLite Spatial (FDO) Reader/Writer |
SQLITEFDO |
FME 2022.1 |
BC MoF Electronic Submission Framework (ESF) Reader/Writer |
ESF |
FME 2021.0 |
Canadian Council on Geomatics Interchange Format (CCOGIF) Reader/Writer |
CCOGIF |
FME 2022.2 |
CouchDB Reader/Writer (deprecated) |
COUCHDB |
FME 2023.0 |
Esri ArcGIS Image Server Reader |
ARCIS_IMAGE_SERVER |
FME 2022.0 |
Google Cloud Spanner Reader/Writer |
CLOUDSPANNER_JDBC |
FME 2022.2 |
Google Fusion Tables (Non-Spatial) Reader/Writer (Service Ended December 3, 2019) |
GOOGLE_FUSION_TABLES |
FME 2020.0 |
Graphic Technologies, Inc. (GTI) GTViewer Reader/Writer |
GTI_GTVIEWER |
FME 2025.0 |
HERE Venue Map (GML) Reader/Writer |
HERE_VENUE_MAP |
FME 2025.0 |
IBM Cloudant Reader/Writer |
CLOUDANT |
FME 2023.0 |
IBM Netezza Spatial and Non-Spatial Reader/Writer |
NETEZZA |
FME 2023.0 |
Intergraph Raster Reader/Writer |
INGR |
FME 2023.0 |
LDAP/Active Directory Reader |
LDAP_JDBC |
FME 2023.0 |
Leica Independent Data Exchange Format (IDEX) Reader/Writer |
IDEX |
FME 2022.0 |
MapInfo SpatialWare Reader/Writer |
SPATIALWARE |
FME 2022.0 |
MongoDB Reader/Writer (replaced by MongoDB Reader/Writer which supports connections to MongoDB servers of version 3.1 and higher) |
MONGODB |
FME 2023.0 |
Smallworld 3 Reader/Writer |
SWORLD |
FME 2022.0 |
Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF) Writer |
SAIF |
FME 2023.2 |
SQLite Spatial (GDAL) Reader/Writer (SpatiaLite) |
SPATIALITE |
FME 2023.0 |
Tableau Data Extract (TDE) Writer |
TDE |
FME 2022.0 |
VRML97 Reader (VRML 2.0) |
VRML97 |
FME 2024.1 |