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
G<E9>oconcept 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 <source> 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