CARIS : Commands : Open File
 

Open File

 
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S-57 Update
Coordinate Reference System
VPF Open Wizard

 

Menu

File > Open

Tool

Open electronic charts, raster maps, vector maps, reference models and images in the application. Multiple charts and images can be opened at the same time.

The open file is displayed the Display window. The information displayed in the Layers and Properties windows depends on the type of data opened.

If you have multiple layers open, they are drawn in the Display window in the order in which they were opened. You can change this using the Draw Order window.

All open files are listed in the Layers window.

The CARIS application can display the following data types.

Format

Extension

Autodesk AutoCAD DXF/DWG

.dxf, .dwg

BSB

.kap

Bathymetry Attributed Grid

.bag

Bentley/Intergraph DGN

.dgn

CARIS File

.des

CARIS HIPS1 & SIPS1 Project File

.hips

CARIS HIPS Weighted Grid

.def

CARIS HNS

.hns

CARIS HOB

.hob

CARIS IGA

.iga

CARIS Reference Model

.xml

CARIS SAF

.saf

CARIS Shoal

.shl

CARIS Spatial ARchive

.csar

CARIS Well-Known Text

.wkt

Digital Elevation Map

.dem

ERMapper Enhanced Compression Wavelet2

.ecw

ESRI ASCII Grid

.asc

ESRI Binary Grid

.adf

ESRI Floating Point Grid

.flt

ESRI Shapefile

.shp

GRIdded Binary

.grb, .grib, .grib2

Geography Markup Language Files

.gml

Graphic Interchange Format

.gif

Hydrographic Chart Raster Format

.chr

Intergraph Raster

.cot, .crl, .rle, .cit

Joint Photographic Experts Group 1992

.jpg, .jpeg

Joint Photographic Experts Group 20002

.jp2, .j2k

LandXML Reference Model

.xml

Laser-Scan Internal Feature Format

.iff

Mapinfo

.mif

MrSID Seamless Image Database2

.sid

NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids

.bin

National Imagery Transmission Format

.ntf

NetCDF Coards Format

.nc

NetCDF GMT

.gmt

Portable Network Graphics

.png

S-100 Dataset

.000

S-100 GML Dataset

.s100gml

S-57 Dataset

.000

Tagged Image Format

.tiff, .tif

VPF Browse Library

dht

VPF Database

lat

VPF Library

lht

Windows Bitmap

.bmp

[GDAL] ASCII Gridded XYZ3

.xyz


1 This term is a trademark of Teledyne CARIS, Reg. USPTO.


2 A plug-in is required to use this file format. The plug-in is available from Teledyne CARIS Support.


3 Details of the GDAL XYZ format specification is available from the GDAL Web site at http://www.gdal.org/frmt_xyz.html.


Related commands:

Layers

Draw Order

Procedure

1. Select the Open File command.

An Open dialog box is displayed.

2. Select one or more files.

You can select multiple files using <Shift+click> or <Ctrl+click>.

3. Click Open.

Depending on the selected file type, one or more dialog boxes may be displayed for each file.

4. Set any necessary options and click OK in each dialog box.