Menu | File > Open > File |
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Menu | File > Open > File |
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Open datasets such as electronic charts, vector maps, and raster surfaces/images in the application. Multiple datasets 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 order using the Layers Window.
All open files are listed in the Layers window and the Project window. An untitled project file is automatically created when a file is opened in the application without a project already opened. You will be prompted to assign a name to this project file if the application is closed without saving the project.
Onboard Viewer can display the following data types.
Format | Extension | Format | Extension |
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Autodesk AutoCAD DXF/DWG | .dxf, .dwg | Hydrographic Chart Raster Format | .chr |
BSB | .kap | Intergraph Raster | .cot, .crl, .rle, .cit |
Bathymetry Attributed Grid | .bag | Joint Photographic Experts Group 1992 | .jpg, .jpeg |
Bentley/Intergraph DGN | .dgn | Joint Photographic Experts Group 20002 | .jp2, .j2k |
CARIS File | .des | Keyhole Markup Language | .kml |
CARIS HIPS1 & SIPS1 Project File | .hips | LandXML Reference Model | .xml |
CARIS HNS | .hns | Laser-Scan Internal Feature Format | .iff |
CARIS HOB | .hob | Mapinfo | .mif |
CARIS IGA | .iga | MrSID Seamless Image Database2 | .sid |
CARIS Reference Model | .xml | NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids | .bin |
CARIS SAF | .saf | National Imagery Transmission Format | .ntf |
CARIS Shoal | .shl | NetCDF Coards Format | .nc |
CARIS Spatial ARchive | .csar | NetCDF GMT | .gmt |
CARIS Well-Known Text | .wkt | Portable Network Graphics | .png |
Digital Elevation Map | .dem | S-100 Dataset | .000 |
ERMapper Enhanced Compression Wavelet2 | .ecw | S-100 GML Dataset | .s100gml |
ESRI ASCII Grid | .asc | S-57 Dataset | .000 |
ESRI Binary Grid | .adf | SQLite with SpatiaLite | .sqlite |
ESRI Floating Point Grid | .flt | Tagged Image Format | .tiff, .tif |
ESRI Shapefile | .shp | VPF Browse Library | dht |
GRIdded Binary | .grb, .grib, .grb2, .grib2 | VPF Database | lat |
GeoPackage | .gpkg | VPF Library | lht |
Geography Markup Language Files | .gml | Windows Bitmap | .bmp |
Graphic Interchange Format | .gif | [GDAL] ASCII Gridded XYZ3 | .xyz |
1 This term is a trademark of Teledyne Digital Imaging, Inc. 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.
Some formats will only open in certain projections and will only function successfully with certain commands. For example, USGS ASCII Grid files must either be unprojected or in a UTM projection in the Northern hemisphere. Attempting to export to this format from any other format will only work if the source surface is in an acceptable coordinate system. Also, ESRI Grid files do not contain metadata, so any command requiring metadata will not function properly with this format.
Related commands:
• Layers Window
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 to complete the process.
• If you selected a non-georeferenced file, and it does not have a corresponding registration file (.rxl, .wld, etc.), you will be asked to select the coordinate system of the data. This setting can be changed later if needed using the Coordinate Reference System property. See Open a Non-Georeferenced File for more information.
• If you selected an S-57 ENC dataset or a VPF file, additional information is required. See Open an S-57 File or Open a VPF File for information on these formats.
• If you selected an .iff file, you may want to change the Portrayal setting and define the IFF Configuration setting in Tools > Options. The IFF Configuration identifies the pool and profile files that make up the feature object dictionary specific to the IFF format.
4. Set any necessary options and click OK in each dialog box.
The selected file is opened. If multiple files were selected, they will automatically be added to the Layers window under a new group. The group will be named with the time and date that the files were opened.
