Image processing software and portability of formats
ARC/Info GRID various basic raster formats, tif, sun, gis, lan, img, bil, bip, bsq, grass, adrg, rlc
Arcview ERDAS lan, img, grid, tif
ERDAS IMAGINE Arc/info live link, no conversion needed
PCI EASI PACE Arc/Info GeoGateway for multiple formats
ENVI/IDL imports shapefiles, e00, dxf, USGS, SDTS, dlg,
exports ArcView grid, uses own vector format
ERMAPPER various raster formats, import of dxf and SeisWorks, uses own vector format
other packages: TNT, IDRISI, ILWIS...