GIS Formats
Files used for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to store spatial data.
| Extension | Description | Author | File / Link |
|---|---|---|---|
adf
|
Arc/Info Binary Grid Format | Frank Warmerdam | Download |
cadrg
|
Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG) | US DoD | Download |
cbd
|
Vector map data format for MapBrowser and MapWriter | Brian Reid / Steve Putz | Download |
dat
|
MapInfo native data format | Uffe Kousgaard | Download |
dgn
|
Intergraph Standard File Formats (Element Structure) | Frank Warmerdam | Download |
dted
|
Performance Specification Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) | US DoD | Deprecated resource Download |
| Digital Terrain Elevation Data | Link | ||
e00
|
Standard exchange format for Arc/Info(ESRI product) | Download | |
garmin
|
The Garmin Hacking Project | Link | |
| The Garmin .IMG File Format Information | Link | ||
gdf
|
Geographic Data Files Format version 3.0 | Deprecated resource Link | |
gml
|
Geography Markup Language | Deprecated resource Link | |
gprmc
|
APRS GPS Mobile RMC sentence | Download | |
grd
|
Surfer 6 binary grid format | Nathan Evans | Deprecated resource Link |
| Surfer 7 binary grid format | Nathan Evans | Deprecated resource Link | |
ili
|
Interlis ILI, ITF and XTF Formats | Deprecated resource Link | |
img
|
Erdas Imagine IMG ans MIS formats | Download | |
isff
|
Intergraph and Microstation Standard File Format (also .DGN) | Download | |
map
|
UMN MapServer Mapfile (MAP & SYM) | Deprecated resource Link | |
mif
|
MapInfo Interchange Format (.MIF and .MID) | Download | |
nmea
|
NMEA-0180 and NMEA-0182 formats | Peter Bennett | Download |
nmgf
|
NMGF Graphical Information System format | Wasmer Consulting | Deprecated resource Link |
sdts
|
Spatial Data Transfer Standard | US Geological Survey | Deprecated resource Link |
shp
|
ArcView(R) Version 2 Shapefile Technical Description | Deprecated resource Download | |
| ESRI's ArcView ShapeFile (.SHP) format specification | ESRI | Deprecated resource Download | |
tiff
|
GeoTIFF Format Specification | Niles Ritter, Mike Ruth | Deprecated resource Link |