Available with Data Interoperability license.
All formats supported by the Data Interoperability extension are uniquely identified by an uppercase alphanumeric string. Some formats support reading or writing exclusively, but not both.
For detailed information about the FME Reader and Writer formats, you can access the documentation in the following two ways:
- Open the topic Getting help for the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension, and click FMEReadersWriters.pdf.
- In the FME workbench application, click the reader or writer object on the canvas and press F1.
Supported formats
| Short Name | Description | Reader/Writer |
|---|---|---|
3DS | Autodesk 3ds | Writer |
ACAD | Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF | Reader/Writer |
ADAC | Australian Asset Design and As Constructed (ADAC) | Reader |
AIS | NMEA Automatic Identification System (AIS) | Reader |
AIXM | Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) | Reader/Writer |
AIXM5 | Aeronautical Information Exchange Model 5 (AIXM 5) | Reader |
ARCGEN | Esri ArcInfo Generate | Reader/Writer |
ARCGISMAP | Esri ArcGIS Map Document | Reader |
ARCGIS_LAYER | Esri ArcGIS Layer | Reader |
ARCINFO | Esri ArcInfo Coverage | Reader/Writer |
ARCPADAXF | Esri ArcPad Exchange Format(AXF) | Reader |
BMP | Microsoft Bitmap (BMP) | Reader/Writer |
CAT | Column Aligned Text (CAT) | Reader |
CDED | Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) | Reader/Writer |
CGDEF | ComGraphix Data Exchange Format (CGDEF) | Reader/Writer |
CITYGML | CityGML | Reader/Writer |
CIVIL3D | Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Reader |
COLLADA | Collaborative Design Activity (COLLADA) | Reader/Writer |
CSV | Comma Separated Value (CSV) | Reader/Writer |
DATAFILE | Data File | Reader/Writer |
DB2 | IBM DB2 Non-spatial | Reader/Writer |
DB2SPATIAL | IBM DB2 Spatial | Reader/Writer |
DBF | dBASE (DBF) | Reader/Writer |
DGNV8 | Bentley MicroStation Design (V8) | Reader/Writer |
DLG | Digital Line Graph (DLG) | Reader |
DMDF | Digital Map Data Format (DMDF) | Reader |
DNF | OS (GB) MasterMap | Reader |
DSFL | Danish DSFL | Reader |
DTED | Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) | Reader/Writer |
DWF | Autodesk AutoCAD DWF | Reader/Writer |
E00 | Esri ArcInfo Export (E00) | Reader/Writer |
EPA_GDXML | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Geospatial Data | Reader |
EPS | Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) | Writer |
ESF | BC MoF Electronic Submission Framework - ESF | Reader/Writer |
ESRIMSD | Esri Mapping Specification for CAD (MSC) | Reader/Writer |
FACET | Facet XDR | Reader/Writer |
FFS | FME Feature Store (FFS) | Reader/Writer |
FILECOPY | File Copy | Writer |
FILEGDB | Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API) | Reader/Writer |
FM0 | Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse | Reader/Writer |
FM0_SQL | Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse | Reader/Writer |
GDMS | Geographic Data Management System (GDMS) | Reader |
GENAMAP | Genasys GenaMap | Reader |
GENERIC | Generic (Any Format) | Reader/Writer |
GEODATABASE_FILE | Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase ArcObjects) | Reader/Writer |
GEODATABASE_MDB | Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodatabase) | Reader/Writer |
GEODATABASE_SDE | Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodatabase) | Reader/Writer |
GEODATABASE_XML | Esri Geodatabase (XML Workspace Document) | Reader |
GEOHASH | Geohash | Reader |
GEOJSON | GeoJSON (Geographic JavaScript Object Notation) | Reader/Writer |
GEONET | NGA GEOnet Names Server | Reader |
GEORSS | GeoRSS/RSS Feed | Reader/Writer |
GEOTIFF | GeoTIFF (Geo-referenced Tagged Image File Format) | Reader/Writer |
GG | Bentley MicroStation GeoGraphics | Reader/Writer |
GIF | GIF Rasterizer | Writer |
GML | GML (Geography Markup Language) | Reader/Writer |
GML212 | GML v2.1.2 (Geography Markup Language) | Reader |
GMLSF | GML SF-0 (Geography Markup Language Simple Features Level SF-0 Profile) | Reader/Writer |
GOOGLE_SPREADSHEET | Google Spreadsheet | Reader/Writer |
GOOGLEFUSIONTABLES | Google Fusion Tables Spatial | Reader/Writer |
GOOGLEFUSIONTABLES_DB | Google Fusion Tables Non-Spatial | Reader/Writer |
GPX | GPS eXchange Format (GPX) | Reader/Writer |
GRD | PenMetrics GRD | Reader/Writer |
IDRISI | IDRISI Vector Format | Reader/Writer |
IEPS | Adobe Illustrator EPS | Writer |
IFC | Industry Foundation Class STEP Files (IFC) | Reader |
IFF | 1Spatial Internal Feature Format (IFF) | Reader/Writer |
IGDS | Bentley MicroStation Design (V7) | Reader/Writer |
INFX | IBM Informix | Reader/Writer |
INFXSPATIAL | IBM Informix Spatial | Reader/Writer |
ISO8211 | ISO8211 | Reader |
IUF | Land Victoria Incremental Update Format (IUF) | Reader |
JOBXML | Trimble JobXML | Reader |
JSON | JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) | Reader/Writer |
KF85 | Swedish KF85 | Reader/Writer |
LANDONLINE | Landonline (Land Information New Zealand Cadastre Survey Data Exchange Format based on LandXML) | Reader |
LANDXML | LandXML | Reader |
LAS | ASPRS Lidar Data Exchange Format (LAS) | Reader/Writer |
MASIK | Swedish MASIK | Reader/Writer |
MCF | STAR-APIC Mercator MCF | Reader/Writer |
MDB_ADO | Microsoft Access | Reader/Writer |
MGE | Intergraph MGE | Reader/Writer |
MIF | MapInfo MIF/MID | Reader/Writer |
MITAB | MapInfo TAB (MITAB) | Reader/Writer |
MOEP | B.C. MOEP | Reader |
MSSQL_ADO | Microsoft SQL Server Non-spatial | Reader/Writer |
MSSQL_SPATIAL | Microsoft SQL Server Spatial | Reader/Writer |
NEN3610 | NEN 3610 (GML) | Reader |
NTF | OS (GB) NTF | Reader |
NULL | NULL (Nothing) | Reader/Writer |
OBJ | Wavefront OBJ | Reader/Writer |
ODBC2 | ODBC 3.x | Reader/Writer |
OGCKML | Google Earth KML | Reader/Writer |
OGEOSMS | OGC Open GeoSMS | Reader |
ORACLE | Oracle Spatial Relational | Reader/Writer |
ORACLE8I | Oracle Spatial Object | Reader/Writer |
ORACLE8I_DB | Oracle Non-spatial | Reader/Writer |
ORACLEPOINTCLOUD | Oracle Spatial Point Cloud | Reader/Writer |
OSM | OpenStreetMap (OSM) XML | Reader |
OSVECTORMAPDISTRICT | OS VectorMap District | Reader |
OSVECTORMAPLOCAL | OS VectorMap Local | Reader |
PCARCINFO | Esri PC ArcInfo Coverage | Reader |
Adobe 3D PDF | Writer | |
PDF2D | Adobe Geospatial PDF | Writer |
PHOCUS | PHOCUS PHODAT | Reader |
POINTCLOUDXYZ | Point Cloud XYZ | Reader/Writer |
POSTGIS | PostGIS | Reader/Writer |
POSTGRES | PostgreSQL | Reader/Writer |
QLF | CITS Data Transfer Format (QLF) | Reader/Writer |
RDB | RIEGL Laser Scan Database (RDB) | Reader |
RDB_PROJECT | RIEGL RDB Project | Reader |
REGIS | Regional Geographic Information System (REGIS) | Reader/Writer |
S57 | S-57 (ENC) Hydrographic Data | Reader |
SAIF | Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF) | Reader |
SALESFORCE | Salesforce | Reader/Writer |
SCHEMA | Schema (Any Format) | Reader |
SCHEMA_FROM_TABLE | Schema (From Table) | Reader |
SDE30 | Esri ArcSDE | Reader/Writer |
SDL | Autodesk MapGuide SDL | Reader/Writer |
SDTS | Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) | Reader |
SEG-P1 | SEG-P1 | Reader |
SHAPE | Esri Shape | Reader/Writer |
SKETCHUP | Google SketchUp | Reader |
SLF | Standard Linear Format (SLF) | Reader |
SPATIALITE | SpatiaLite | Reader/Writer |
SQLITE3 | SQLite Non-spatial | Reader/Writer |
SQLLDR | Oracle SQL Loader | Writer |
STRUMAP | Northgate StruMap | Reader/Writer |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) | Writer |
TEXTLINE | Text File | Reader/Writer |
TIGER | U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line | Reader |
TIGERGML | U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/GML | Reader |
TOP10 | Dutch TOP10 GML | Reader/Writer |
TOP50NL | Dutch TOP50NL GML | Reader |
UFO | Danish UFO | Reader/Writer |
VML | Vector Markup Language (VML) | Writer |
VPF_DB | Vector Product Format Database (VPF_DB) | Reader |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) | Writer |
VRT | OGR Virtual Dataset (VRT) | Reader |
WFS | WFS (Web Feature Service) | Reader |
WHITESTAR | Halliburton GeoGraphix CDF | Reader/Writer |
WKB | OGC Well Known Binary (WKB) | Reader |
WKT | OGC Well Known Text (WKT) | Reader |
X3D | X3D | Writer |
X3D_VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) | Writer |
XDK | XDK (XML format for Danish DSFL) | Reader |
XLS_ADO | Microsoft Excel | Reader/Writer |
XML | XML (Extensible Markup Language) | Reader/Writer |
XYZ | Space Delimited XYZ | Reader |
Z-MAP_ASCII | Landmark Z-Map (ASCII) | Reader |
ZFS | Z+F LaserControl ZFS | Reader |
ZGF | Landmark Zycor Graphics File (ZGF) | Reader |
ZMAP | Landmark Z-Map (ASCII) | Writer |