FileGDB
For FileGDB, format is ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB); built-in by default is No, requires FileGDB API library; write support is Supports Create(); field name length limit is not stated; supported field types is not stated, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04; source re-checked 2026-11-03.
- Driver short name
- FileGDB verified
- Format
- ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB) verified
- Built-in by default
- No, requires FileGDB API library
- Write support
- Supports Create()
- Field name length limit
- not stated
- Supported field types
- not stated
- File size limit
- not stated
- Key limitations
- The driver does not support 64-bit integers; Reading data compressed in SDC format (Smart Data Compression) is not support by the driver, because it is not supported by the ESRI SDK
What the source says
ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB) Driver short name FileGDB Build dependencies FileGDB API library The FileGDB driver provides read and write access to vector layers of File Geodatabases (.gdb directories) created by ArcGIS 10 and above.
— gdal.org, retrieved 2026-08-04
Source
- gdal.orghttps://gdal.org/en/stable/drivers/vector/filegdb.html