A GIS file format is a standard for encoding geographical information into a computer file, as a specialized type of file format for use in geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial applications. Since the 1970s, dozens of formats have been created based on various data models for various purposes. They have been created by government mapping agencies (such as the USGS or National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency), GIS software vendors, standards bodies such as the Open Geospatial Consortium, informal user communities, and even individual developers.
The LAS (LASer) format is a fileformat designed for the interchange and archiving of lidar point cloud data. It is an open, binary format specified by the...
The shapefile format is a geospatial vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software. It is developed and regulated by Esri as a mostly...
tables compare general and technical information for a number of GIS vector fileformat. Please see the individual products' articles for further information...
An Esri grid is a raster GISfileformat developed by Esri, which has two formats: A proprietary binary format, also known as an ARC/INFO GRID, ARC GRID...
list of fileformats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the fileformat's name...
software. It is developed and regulated by Precisely as a proprietary format. The basic file components for a MapInfo Professional data set relate to the two...
A world file is a six line plain text sidecar file used by geographic information systems (GIS) to georeference raster map images. The file specification...
others, GPX traces Waypoint Fileformats Exchangeable image fileformat Geography Markup Language KML, the equivalent format compatible with Google Earth...
this format, a positively signed coordinate indicates Northern or Eastern hemisphere, while negative sign indicates Southern or Western hemisphere. GIS Directories...
management system GPS eXchange Format Keyhole satellite series NASA WorldWind Point of interest SketchUp fileformats The Blue Marble Waypoint Wikimapia...
data in a range of data formats. QGIS was previously also known as Quantum GIS. QGIS functions as geographic information system (GIS) software, allowing users...
and a simple desktop GIS tool for browsing data. As it is a single binary file, SpatiaLite is also used as a GIS vector format to exchange geospatial...
and many grid fileformats supported by the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL), along with the native SGRD format of SAGA GIS. Filter for grids:...
RPF may refer to: Raster Product Format, a GISfileformat Reverse-path forwarding, a technique in multicast routing in networking Reverse power feeding...
Measure Map Pro format (MMP) is an XML notation to store GIS information in two-dimensional or three-dimensional maps. It was created by Blue Blink One...
reference systems, in a variety of formats. OpenGIS Specifications (Standards) Archived 2004-12-13 at the Wayback Machine OpenGIS Simple Features Specification...
Geographic Data Files (GDF) is an interchange fileformat for geographic data. In contrast with generic GISformats, GDF provides detailed rules for data...
ArcGIS is a family of client, server and online geographic information system (GIS) software developed and maintained by Esri. ArcGIS was first released...
The fileformat developed for storing the DIME-encoded data was known as Geographic Base Files (GBF). The Census Bureau replaced the data format with...
organizations. Despite dozens of fileformats and services for exchanging geospatial data, there was not an open format which could support both raster...
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