R - raster
V - vector
C - CAD
S - shape
T - TIN
DB - database
Geodata Formats supported in TNTmips
See also: Tech Guides on Geodata Formats and Geodata Formats overview
| Format | Extension | Description | Auto Link As | Manual Link As | Import To | Export From | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESS | accdbm, mdb | Microsoft Access via Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine | DB | DB | DB | Windows only | |
| ADRG | thf | ARC Digitized Raster Graphics | R | R | |||
| AERONAV | dat | US Federal Aviation Administration aeronautical data: routes, obstacles, navigational aids | C | V, C | |||
| ARC-BIL/BIP | bil, bip | ARC Digitized Raster Graphics | R | ||||
| ARC-COVERAGE | Arc/Info Coverage | V, C | V | ||||
| ARC-E00-GRID | Arc/Info Export E00 Grid | R | |||||
| ARC-E00-VECTOR | e00 | Arc/Info Export E00 Vector | C | V | V | ||
| ARC-FLT | flt | ESRI flt | R | R | |||
| ARC-GENERATE | Arc/Info Generate | V | C, V, S, T | ||||
| ARC-GRID | adf | Arc/Info Binary Grid | R | R | |||
| ARC-SHAPEFILE | shp | ArcView Shapefile | S | S | V, C, S | V, C, S, T | |
| ARC-TEXT | Arc/Info Text Raster | R | |||||
| ASTER-HDF | hdf, dat, l1r, l1g | EOS ASTER | R | ||||
| ATLAS BNA | bna | Atlas-GIS ASCII Exchange | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| AVIRIS | img, rfl | AVIRIS hyperspectral | R | ||||
| BigTIFF | tif, tiff | Tag Image File Format extended | R | R | R | R | |
| BMP | bmp | Microsoft Window Bitmap | R | R | R | ||
| CADRG | Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics | R | |||||
| CARIS | txt | CARIS marine GIS data | V, C | ||||
| CCRS | tm | Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing | R | R | |||
| CDED | cded, dem | Canadian Digital Elevation Data | R | R | |||
| CGM | cgm | Computer Graphics Metafile | V, C | ||||
| COQ | USGS Compressed Ortho Quad | R | |||||
| CSV | csv | Comma Separated Values (text) | DB | DB | |||
| DB-TEXT | txt | Database text | DB | DB | |||
| DBASE | dbf | dBASE III/IV and FoxPro | DB, V, C | DB | |||
| DEM | dem | USGS Digital Elevation Model | R | R | |||
| DEM-GTOPO30 | dem | EROS GTOP30 Digital Elevation Model | R | ||||
| DGN | dgn | MicroStation/Intergraph | C | V, C | C | ||
| DIMAP | Digital Image Map | R | R | ||||
| DLG-OPT | dlg | USGS Digital Line Graph Optional | V | V | |||
| DOQ | doq | USGS Digital Ortho Quad | R | R | R | ||
| DTE | dte | Socet Set Digital Terrain | R | ||||
| DTED | dt0, dt1, dt2 | Digital Terrain Elevation Data | R | R | |||
| DWG | dwg | AutoCAD Drawing | C | V, C | V, C, S | ||
| DXF | dxf | AutoCAD Drawing eXchange | C | V, C | V, C, S | ||
| ECW | ecw | ER-Mapper Enhanced Compressed Wavelet | R | R | R | R | Export Windows only, Max. 500 MB (compressed) |
| EDIGEO | thf | EDIGEO geospatial data exchange, France | C | V, C | |||
| ENVI | hdr | ENVI raster and hyperspectral | R | ||||
| EPANET | inp | EPANET hydraulic modeling network | V | V | |||
| EPIINFO | rec | US Centers for Disease Control Epi Info (epidemiologic software) legacy format | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| ER-MAPPER | ers | Earth Resource Mapper | R | R | R | ||
| ERDAS-GIS/LAN | lan, gis | ERDAS GIS / LAN | R | R | |||
| ERDAS-IMG | img | ERDAS Imagine | R | R | R | ||
| ERS-SAR | ERS-1 and ERS-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar | R | |||||
| EXCEL | xls, xlsx | Microsoft Excel via Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine | DB | Windows only | |||
| FileGDB | gdb | ESRI File Geodatabase | C | V, C | V, C | ArcGIS 10.0+; no 32-bit Mac | |
| GEOCONCEPT | gxt | GeoConcept Software text export | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GEODATABASE | mdb | ESRI Personal Geodatabase | V, C | 32-bit Windows only | |||
| GeoJP2 | jp2 | JPEG-2000 JP2 | R | R | R | R | |
| GEOJSON | json, geojson | Geospatial data format based on JavaScript Object Notation | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GEOMEDIA | mdb | Intergraph Geomedia | V, C | ||||
| GeoRSS | xml | GeoRSS geocoded location in RSS or Atom feeds | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GEOSOFT-GRD | grd | Geosoft Grid version 2 | R | R | 32-bit Windows only | ||
| GEOSOFT-GXF | gxf | Geosoft Grid eXchange | R | R | 32-bit Windows only | ||
| GEOSOFT-XYZ | xyz | Geosoft XYZ | V | ||||
| GeoTIFF | tif, tiff | Tag Image File Format with Geo tags | R | R | R | R | |
| GIF | gif | Graphics Interchange Format | R | R | |||
| GIRAS | Geographic Information and Retrieval System (USGS) for landuse/landcover data | R | |||||
| GML | gml | Geographic Markup Language | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GMTVECTOR | gmt | Generic Mapping Tools ASCII vector format | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GPSTRACK | gtm, gtz | GPS TrackMaker Software formats (Brazil) | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GPX | gpx | GPS exchange (XML-based) | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| GRASS-RASTER | GRASS Raster | R | R | ||||
| HDF4-Generic | hdf, dat, l1r, l1g | Hierarchical Data Format Version 4 Generic | R | ||||
| HTF | htf | Hydrographic Transfer Format, Australia | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| IDRISI | vct | IDRISI Vector | C | V, C | V, C | ||
| IDRISI32_ASCII | rdc | IDRISI32 ASCII Raster | R | ||||
| IDRISI32_BINARY | rdc | IDRISI32 BINARY Raster | R | R | |||
| IDRISI_ASCII | img | IDRISI ASCII Raster | R | ||||
| IDRISI_BINARY | img | IDRISI BINARY Raster | R | R | |||
| ILWISR | mpr | ILWIS Software Raster | R | R | |||
| INFO | nit | INFO Database | DB, V, C | DB | |||
| IRS | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Super Structure (LGSOWG) | R | R | ||||
| JERS1 | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite 1 CEOS OPS Radar | R | |||||
| JP2 | jp2 | JPEG-2000 JP2 | R | R | R | R | |
| JPEG | jpg, jpeg | JPEG | R | R | R | R | |
| KML | kml, kmz | Google KML/KMZ | R, C | V, C, S | |||
| LANDSAT-CCRS | Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing Landsat (TM and MSS) CCT | R | |||||
| LANDSAT-NLAPS | hd, hi, dh, h1, … | National Landsat Archive Production System | R | ||||
| LANDSAT7-HDF | hdf, dat, l1r, l1g | Landsat 7 - Hierarchical Data Format | R | ||||
| LAS | las | LAS LIDAR point data | S | V, C, S | V, C, S | v. 1.0 - 1.4 | |
| MAPINFO | tab | MapInfo TAB | C | C | V, C | V, C | |
| MAPINFO-ATTRIB | tab | MapInfo TAB attribute file | DB | ||||
| MIF | mif | MapInfo Interchange | V, C | V, C | |||
| MODIS-HDF | hdf, dat, l1r, l1g | EOS MODIS in Hierarchical Data Format | R | ||||
| MOSS | mos | Map Overlay and Statistical System | V, C | V, C, S, T | |||
| MRSID | sid | Multiresolution Seamless Image Database | R | Windows only | |||
| MySQL | MySQL Database | DB | DB | DB | 32-bit Windows only | ||
| MySQL_SPATIAL | MySQL Spatial Data | S | V, C | V, C, S, T | 32-bit Windows only | ||
| NetCDF | nc, cdf | Network Common Data Format | R | ||||
| NetCDF_GMT | grd, gmt, nc, cdf | Network Common Data Format | R | ||||
| NITF | ntf | NGA National Imagery Transfer Format | R | ||||
| NITF2.1 | ntf | NGA National Imagery Transfer Format 2.1 | R | R | |||
| NTAD | geo | National Transportation Atlas Database | V, C | ||||
| NTF-DTM | ntf | National Transfer Format 2.0 (UK), Digital Terrain Map | R | ||||
| NTF-VECT | ntf | National Transfer Format 2.0 (UK), Vector Data | V | ||||
| ODBC | dbf, ndx, mdx; xls; mdb | dBASE, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, and Microsoft Access via ODBC | DB | DB | 32-bit Windows only | ||
| OPENAIR | OpenAir Special Use Airspace Data | C | V, C | ||||
| ORACLE | Oracle Database | DB | DB | DB | Windows only | ||
| ORACLE-SPATIAL | Oracle Database Spatial Data | S | V, C | V, C, S, T | Windows only | ||
| PALSAR | Radarsat CEOS radar | R | |||||
| PCI | pix | PCI Image | R | R | R | ||
| PCX | pcx | Personal Computer eXchange | R | R | |||
| PDS | pds | NASA Planetary Data System TABLE | C | V, C | |||
| PICTOMETRY | psi, pmi | Pictometry JPEG | R | R | R | ||
| PNG | png | Portable Network Graphics | R | R | R | R | |
| POSTGIS | PostGIS Spatial extension for PosgreSQL Database | S | V, C, S | V, C, S, T | No 64-bit Windows | ||
| POSTGRESQL | PostgreSQL Database | DB | DB | DB | No 64-bit Windows | ||
| PRISM | ALOS Prism Satellite Image | R | |||||
| QUICKBIRD | xml | Quickbird/WorldView Tiled Orthoready GeoTIFF | R | ||||
| RADARSAT | Radarsat CEOS radar | R | |||||
| S57 | 000 | S57 Digital Maritime Chart Interchange Format | C | V, C | |||
| SDF | arc, pnt, pgn | Spatial Data Format (Japan) | V | ||||
| SDTS-DEM | ddf | Spatial Data Transfer Standard - Digital Elevation Model | R | ||||
| SDTSV | ddf | Spatial Data Transfer Standard - Vector | V, C | ||||
| SEGUKOOA | Soc. Explor. Geophys. / UK Offshore Operators Assoc. geophysical survey data points | C | V, C | ||||
| SEG-Y | Society of Exploration Geophysicists SEG-Y digital seismic data | C | V, C | ||||
| SIMPLE ARRAY | Simple Array | R | R | ||||
| SPOT | dat | SPOT Image | R | ||||
| SPOTview | hdr | SPOTview/!GeoSPOT Image | R | ||||
| SQL SERVER | Microsoft SQL Server via OLE DB | DB | DB | Windows only | |||
| SRTM | hgt | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission height files | R | ||||
| SUA | sua | Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange Special Use Airspace format | C | V, C | |||
| SUNRAST | ras | Sun Raster | R | R | |||
| SURFER | grd | Surfer Text, 6, 7 .GRD | R | ||||
| TEXT | txt, csv | Text point data 2D (X,Y) and 3D (X,Y,Z) | V, C | ||||
| TEXT-RASTER | txt | Text raster data | R | R | |||
| TEXT-XYZ | txt, csv, xyz | Text raster data, 3 coordinates per cell | R | R | |||
| TIFF | tif, tiff | Tag Image File Format | R | R | R | R | |
| TIGER | US Census Bureau TIGER Line | V | |||||
| TM-FAST | Eosat/IRS TM Fast Format | R | |||||
| TM-FAST-L7A | NASA Landsat 7A Fast | R | |||||
| UKNTF | ntf | National Transfer Format (UK), Vector Data | C | V, C | |||
| USER-DEFINED | User-defined raster | R | R | ||||
| VFK | vfk | Cadastral data exchange format, Czech Republic | C | V, C | |||
| WKT | wkt | Well Known Text | V,C | ||||
| WORLDVIEW | xml | Quickbird/WorldView Tiled Orthoready GeoTIFF | R | ||||
| XPLANE | dat | X-Plane / Flightgear flight simulator aeronautical data | C | V, C |