GDAL format popularity

For a simple graphic screenshot of GDAL/OGR using wordle, or a similar tool, it is interesting to know the relative popularity of the different formats used by GDAL/OGR.

The purpose of this page is to tweak the format names (search terms) to avoid false positives/negatives. It will never be perfect, this is just a small attempt to make it less bad, and in a small attempt to avoid bias I'd rather tweak the search terms than the resulting numbers.

The results will end up here: http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gdal_overview.html

Adjust terms on these lists: (e.g. "GMT"-> "GMT grid")

GDAL formats: (:hits)
Arc/Info ASCII Grid:61600 ACE2:370000 ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics:3290 Arc/Info Binary Grid:15300 AIRSAR Polarimetric:1900 Magellan BLX Topo:268 Bathymetry Attributed Grid:2230 Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap:32500 BSB Nautical Chart Format:2000 VTP Binary Terrain Format:1240 CEOS (Spot for instance):1310 DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster:236 TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product:47 Convair PolGASP data:55 USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid: Spot DIMAP:1040 ELAS DIPEx:37 DODS/OPeNDAP:1800 First Generation USGS DOQ:1350 New Labelled USGS DOQ:1310 Military Elevation Data:7380 ERDAS Compressed Wavelets: ESRI .hdr Labelled:5120 Erdas Imagine Raw:1260 NASA ELAS:664 ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster:1560 Epsilon - Wavelet compressed images:39 ERMapper:56200 Envisat Image Product:427 EOSAT FAST Format:2040 FIT:640000000 FITS:160000000 Fuji BAS Scanner Image:790 Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled):255 Oracle Spatial GeoRaster:25700 GSat File Format:95 Graphics Interchange Format:232000 WMO GRIB1/GRIB2:55 GMT Compatible netCDF:678 GRASS Rasters:5130 GRASS ASCII Grid:5470 Golden Software ASCII Grid:2470 Golden Software Binary Grid:1320 GSC Geogrid:302 TIFF:48200000 BigTIFF:33300 GeoTIFF:257000 NOAA .gtx:110 GXF/Grid eXchange File:1370 HDF4:793000 HDF5:102000 HF2/HFZ heightfield raster:38 Erdas Imagine:258000 Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp):533 ILWIS Raster Map:3200 Intergraph Raster:2920 USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube:2390 JAXA PALSAR Product Reader:222 Japanese DEM:4850 JPEG JFIF:567000 JPEG-LS:1050000 JPEG2000:995000 ECW:9220000 KAK:36100000 MrSID:193000 OpenJPEG:181000 JPIP:155000 KMLSUPEROVERLAY:1660 NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR):1090 Erdas .LAN and .GIS:276 FARSITE LCP Format: Daylon Leveller Heightfield:1990 NADCON .los/.las: In Memory Raster:8710 Vexcel MFF/MFF2: MG4 Encoded Lidar: Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database:21300 Meteosat Second Generation:71300 EUMETSAT Archive native:355 NLAPS Data Format:3090 NITF:150000 NetCDF:393000 NTv2:23000 Northwood/VerticalMapper Grid: OGDI Bridge:497 OZI OZF2/OZFX3:70 PCI .aux Labelled:3960 PCI Geomatics Database File:3820 PCRaster:59200 Geospatial PDF:43700 NASA Planetary Data System:97700 Portable Network Graphics:998000 PostGIS Raster:1560 Netpbm:969000 R Object Data Store:1820 Rasdaman:10200 Rasterlite/SQLite: Swedish Grid RIK:1070 Raster Matrix Format:2400 Raster Product Format/RPF (CADRG, CIB): RadarSat2 XML:231 Idrisi Raster:3450 SAGA Binary:301 SAR CEOS:1330 ArcSDE Raster:2850 USGS SDTS DEM:11900 SGI Image:43500 Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP):153 SRTM HGT:5760 Terragen Heightfield:320 Terralib:86600 EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe:66 TerraSAR-X Product:1150 USGS ASCII DEM / CDED:46 GDAL Virtual:716 OGC Web Coverage Server:5120 OGC Web Map Server:43400 X11 Pixmap:24300

OGR formats: (:hits)
ASCII Gridded XYZ:41 Aeronav FAA:1450 ESRI ArcObjects:128000 Arc/Info Binary Coverage:3150 Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage:108 Atlas BNA:1820 AutoCAD DXF:936000 Comma Separated Value (.csv):2030000 DODS/OPeNDAP:1800 EDIGEO:69300 ESRI Personal GeoDatabase:3600 ESRI ArcSDE:86300 ESRI Shapefile:183000 FMEObjects Gateway:503 GeoJSON:33000 Goconcept Export:4830 Geomedia .mdb:579 GeoRSS:9250000 GML:8100000 GMT:493000000 GPSBabel:268000 GPX:10400000 GRASS:133000000 GPSTrackMaker:5430 Hydrographic Transfer Format:634 Informix DataBlade:36800 INTERLIS:71600 INGRES:6830000 KML:128000000 LIBKML:49800 Mapinfo Microstation DGN:381 Access MDB (PGeo and Geomedia capable): Memory:515000000 MySQL:192000000 NAS - ALKIS:230 Oracle Spatial:630000 ODBC:14000000 MS SQL Spatial:6190 OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW): OpenAir:4160000 PCI Geomatics Database File:3820 PDS:47900000 PGDump:32900 PostgreSQL/PostGIS:76600 EPIInfo .REC:543 S-57 (ENC):37000 SDTS:151000 Norwegian SOSI Standard:55 SQLite/SpatiaLite:3030 SUA:349000000 UK .NTF:3340 U.S. Census TIGER:631000 VFK:965000 VRT - Virtual Datasource:1150 OGC WFS (Web Feature Service):10700 X-Plane/Flighgear:27800

Search script
(no parsing on this wiki?) OGR_FORMATS="Aeronav FAA|ESRI ArcObjects|Arc/Info Binary Coverage|Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage|Atlas BNA|AutoCAD DXF|Comma Separated Value (.csv)|DODS/OPeNDAP|EDIGEO|ESRI Personal GeoDatabase|ESRI ArcSDE|ESRI Shapefile|FMEObjects Gateway|GeoJSON|Géoconcept Export|Geomedia .mdb|GeoRSS|GML|GMT|GPSBabel|GPX|GRASS|GPSTrackMaker|Hydrographic Transfer Format|Informix DataBlade|INTERLIS|INGRES|KML|LIBKML|Mapinfo Microstation DGN|Access MDB (PGeo and Geomedia capable)|Memory|MySQL|NAS - ALKIS|Oracle Spatial|ODBC|MS SQL Spatial|OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW)|OpenAir|PCI Geomatics Database File|PDS|PGDump|PostgreSQL/PostGIS|EPIInfo .REC|S-57 (ENC)|SDTS|Norwegian SOSI Standard|SQLite/SpatiaLite|SUA|UK .NTF|U.S. Census TIGER|VFK|VRT - Virtual Datasource|OGC WFS (Web Feature Service)|X-Plane/Flighgear" GDAL_FORMATS="Arc/Info ASCII Grid|ACE2|ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics|Arc/Info Binary Grid|AIRSAR Polarimetric|Magellan BLX Topo|Bathymetry Attributed Grid|Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap|BSB Nautical Chart Format|VTP Binary Terrain Format|CEOS (Spot for instance)|DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster|TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product|Convair PolGASP data|USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid|Spot DIMAP|ELAS DIPEx|DODS/OPeNDAP|First Generation USGS DOQ|New Labelled USGS DOQ|Military Elevation Data|ERDAS Compressed Wavelets|ESRI .hdr Labelled|Erdas Imagine Raw|NASA ELAS|ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster|Epsilon - Wavelet compressed images|ERMapper|Envisat Image Product|EOSAT FAST Format|FIT|FITS|Fuji BAS Scanner Image|Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)|Oracle Spatial GeoRaster|GSat File Format|Graphics Interchange Format|WMO GRIB1/GRIB2|GMT Compatible netCDF|GRASS Rasters|GRASS ASCII Grid|Golden Software ASCII Grid|Golden Software Binary Grid|GSC Geogrid|TIFF|BigTIFF|GeoTIFF|NOAA .gtx|GXF/Grid eXchange File|HDF4|HDF5|HF2/HFZ heightfield raster|Erdas Imagine|Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp)|ILWIS Raster Map|Intergraph Raster|USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube|JAXA PALSAR Product Reader|Japanese DEM|JPEG JFIF|JPEG-LS|JPEG2000|ECW|KAK|MrSID|OpenJPEG|JPIP|KMLSUPEROVERLAY|NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR)|Erdas .LAN and .GIS|FARSITE LCP Format|Daylon Leveller Heightfield|NADCON .los/.las|In Memory Raster|Vexcel MFF/MFF2|MG4 Encoded Lidar|Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database|Meteosat Second Generation|EUMETSAT Archive native|NLAPS Data Format|NITF|NetCDF|NTv2|Northwood/VerticalMapper Grid|OGDI Bridge|OZI OZF2/OZFX3|PCI .aux Labelled|PCI Geomatics Database File|PCRaster|Geospatial PDF|NASA Planetary Data System|Portable Network Graphics|PostGIS Raster|Netpbm|R Object Data Store|Rasdaman|Rasterlite/SQLite|Swedish Grid RIK|Raster Matrix Format|Raster Product Format/RPF (CADRG, CIB)|RadarSat2 XML|Idrisi Raster|SAGA Binary|SAR CEOS|ArcSDE Raster|USGS SDTS DEM|SGI Image|Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)|SRTM HGT|Terragen Heightfield|Terralib|EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe|TerraSAR-X Product|USGS ASCII DEM / CDED|GDAL Virtual|OGC Web Coverage Server|OGC Web Map Server|X11 Pixmap|ASCII Gridded XYZ"

FORMATS="$GDAL_FORMATS|$OGR_FORMATS" URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=" echo "#format|hits" > format_freq.dat

IFS='|' for FMT in $FORMATS ; do  echo "[$FMT]" SEARCH=`echo "$FMT" | sed -e 's|[,-/]| |g' -e 's/ $//' | tr -s ' ' '+'` HITS=`lynx -dump "$URL\"$SEARCH\"" | grep 'About .* results' | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/,//g'` echo "  $HITS" echo "$FMT|$HITS" >> format_freq.dat done