This Big List provides a more or less comprehensive listing of the many formats and data sources Manifold can use. Given the rapid evolution of Manifold, it could be that a new data source or format has been added that is not yet covered in this list. For the very latest, download the latest Cutting Edge edition of Manifold Viewer and see all the data sources and formats listed in File - Import and Create Data Source dialogs.
See also the Data Sources web page for lists of the latest supported formats and data sources, as well as visual examples for many formats and data sources.
Data sources for database servers built into every Manifold installation. No extra software or installations required.
Manifold Server is a high performance, parallel, read-only, spatial database server. It allows many Manifold users to share data that is published through Server. |
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Direct connection. Connecting to a 64-bit version of Db2 requires installing the latest fix pack dated December 7, 2017. In the past, Manifold connected to Db2 using IBM's native CLI connection interface. CLI was similar to ODBC and over time the differences between the offered functionality were becoming ever smaller until they almost completely disappeared. Manifold now uses ODBC since CLI has become so similar to ODBC there is no longer any need to support a specialized interface that requires separate configuration but which offers no gain. |
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Direct connection. |
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Direct connection. |
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Direct connection. |
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Direct connection. |
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Direct connection. (Also listed as a File Database source.) |
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ESRI Geodatabases using SDE style storage on database servers such as Oracle and other database servers. See also listings below for ESRI File Geodatabases and ESRI Personal Geodatabases. |
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ODBC |
Any ODBC driver. |
OLE DB |
Any OLE DB Provider. |
ADO.NET |
Generic ADO.NET data source. |
ADO.NET ODBC |
ODBC through ADO.NET. |
ADO.NET OLE DB |
OLE DB through ADO.NET. |
ADO.NET Oracle |
ADO.NET built in connection to Oracle. |
ADO.NET SQL Server |
ADO.NET built in connection to SQL Server. |
For tips from Engineering when using DBMS packages, see the DBMS Data Sources - Notes topic.
Popular database servers suggested by Manifold users based on variations of the built-in servers listed above, for example, using ODBC. Search the vendor's website for the latest versions of required drivers. Some vendors require downloads or licensing to connect to their packages or to obtain their client drivers. These servers have been recommended by users and are not operated by Manifold or supported by Manifold tech support.
Actian Matrix |
Connects using Actian Matrix ODBC drivers. |
Actian Vector / Ingres |
Connects using Actian Ingres ODBC drivers. |
ALTIBASE |
DSN connection requires ALTIBASE HDB Client. |
Amazon Aurora |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, built into Manifold. |
Amazon EMR |
Connects using Amazon Hive or Impala ODBC drivers. |
Cisco Information Server 7.0 |
Connects using Cisco Client Installation Package with ODBC. |
Cisco Information Server 6.2.6 |
Connects using Cisco Client Installation Package with ODBC. |
Google Cloud SQL |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, built into Manifold. |
HP Vertica |
Connects using HP Vertica ODBC drivers. |
Maria DB |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, built into Manifold. |
MemSQL |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, built into Manifold. |
MapR Hadoop Hive |
Connects using MapR Hive ODBC drivers. |
MonetDB |
Connects using MonetDB ODBC drivers. |
Microsoft Azure |
Connects using SQL Server dialogs, built into Manifold. |
IBM Netezza |
Connects using Netezza ODBC driver. |
Pivotal Greenplum Database |
Connects using Pivotal Greenplum ODBC drivers. |
SAP HANA |
Connects using SAP HANA ODBC driver. |
Snowflake |
Connects via ODBC. Sign on to your Snowflake instance and use Help - Download to get the ODBC driver. |
Splunk |
Connects using Splunk ODBC drivers. |
Teradata |
Connects using Teradata ODBC driver. |
Manifold connects to web servers with built-in capability for proprietary servers such as Bing as well as built-in capability for all standard web server protocols as listed below.
Web servers using REST (representational state transfer) architecture that provide raster or vector data via ESRI ArcGIS protocols. |
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Web servers providing data in CSV (comma separated values) format, using typical variations on the format. Link to data in CSV (comma separated values) format files provided by web URLs. The CSV web dataport allows refreshing tables to re-read the latest data from the web. |
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Generic image servers. |
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Google Sheets spreadsheets served by Google. The dataport is named generically since other document servers, such as Microsoft's Office 365 or other options, may be added in the future. |
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ECWP Servers |
Link to streamed imagery layered over standard HTTP from ERDAS Compressed Wavelet Protocol (ECWP) servers. |
Geocoding servers using the open geocoding server module interface. See below for a list of built-in geocoding servers. |
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Web servers providing spatial data using GeoJSON, a "geographic" format using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Manifold automatically reads TopoJSON when a GeoJSON Server provides TopoJSON. Geometry collections are expanded automatically. Link to data in GeoJSON format files provided by web URLs. The GeoJSON web dataport allows refreshing tables to re-read the latest data from the web. |
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Image servers, often written in concatenated form as imageservers, are a subset of web servers that serve imagery in a form supported by dedicated modules specific to each such image server. Many image server modules are already built into Manifold, providing a choice of popular image servers providing street maps and satellite views, like Bing, Google, Here, MapBox, MapQuest, NearMap, OpenStreetMap, WikiMapia, Yandex, and custom servers. Pre-built image servers provide options for both free access as well as paid access requiring API or other credentials. |
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Web servers providing data in generic JSON text files, written in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), often used to convey metadata or table data. Link to data in JSON format files provided by web URLs. The JSON web dataport allows refreshing tables to re-read the latest data from the web. |
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Web servers providing data in KML or KMZ format. Connect using the New Data Source dialog to KML files provided by web URLs. |
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KoBo Toolbox servers storing data collected in the field using survey forms. |
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OpenStreetMap servers. |
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Tile Map Service (TMS) servers. |
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OpenGIS Web Feature Service (WFS) servers. |
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OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) servers. |
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OpenGIS Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) servers. |
The Geocoding Servers dataport provides access to popular web-based geocoders. Some geocoding servers may require licensing or a key for access.
Bing Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using Bing:
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Google Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using Google.
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Here Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using Here.
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MapBox Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using MapBox.
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MapQuest Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using MapQuest.
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OpenCage Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using OpenCage.
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Yandex Geocoder |
Street address geocoding using Yandex
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Image servers provide pre-built connections to popular services that provide layers using raster tiles. The following image servers are built into Manifold. Servers in green color are in the Favorites list by default.
Some image servers may require
licensing or a key for access. If nothing happens when using
an image server, choose View - Panes
- Log Window to take a look at
what the log says. If there are error messages indicating
access is Unauthorized, that means you need an API key or login credentials
to use the image server. Contact the image server's vendor to obtain
an API key or login credentials.
Bing Maps Hybrid |
Bing Maps showing streets overlaid on satellite imagery. |
Bing Maps Satellite |
Bing Maps showing satellite imagery. |
Bing Maps Street Map |
Bing Maps showing streets and features. |
Google Maps Satellite |
Google Maps showing satellite imagery. |
Google Maps Street Map |
Google Maps showing streets and features. |
Google Maps Street Map (Transparent) |
Google Maps showing streets with transparency between, to allow lower layers to show through. |
Google Maps Terrain |
Google Maps showing hill shaded terrain elevation. |
Google Maps v2 Hybrid |
Google Maps version 2 showing streets overlaid on satellite imagery. |
Google Maps v2 Satellite |
Google Maps version 2 showing satellite imagery. |
Google Maps v2 Street Map |
Google Maps version 2 showing streets and features. |
Google Maps v2 Terrain |
Google Maps version 2 showing hill shaded terrain elevation. |
Here Maps Base |
Here Maps showing streets and features. |
Here Maps Hybrid |
Here Maps showing streets overlaid on satellite imagery. |
Here Maps Satellite |
Here Maps showing satellite imagery. |
Here Maps Terrain |
Here Maps showing hill shaded terrain elevation. |
MapBox Hybrid |
MapBox Maps showing streets overlaid on satellite imager |
MapBox Satellite |
MapBox Maps showing satellite imagery. |
MapBox Street Map |
MapBox Maps showing streets and features. |
MapQuest Hybrid |
MapQuest Maps showing streets overlaid on satellite imagery. |
MapQuest Satellite |
MapQuest Maps showing satellite imagery. |
MapQuest Street Map |
MapQuest Maps showing streets and features. |
NearMap Street Map |
NearMap Maps showing streets and features. |
NearMap Street Map (Direct) |
NearMap Maps showing streets and features. |
OpenStreet Maps Base |
OpenStreet Maps showing streets and features. |
OpenStreet Maps Migurski's Terrain |
OpenStreet Maps showing Migurski styled hill shaded terrain elevation. |
OpenStreet Maps OpenCycleMap |
OpenStreet Maps showing streets and features with terrain elevations of interest to cyclists. |
OpenStreet Maps OpenCycleMap Transport |
OpenStreet Maps OpenCycleMap with public transportation added. |
WikiMapia Street Map |
WikiMapia data showing streets and features. |
WikiMapia Street Map (Transparent) |
WikiMapia data showing streets with transparency between, to allow lower layers to show through. |
Yandex Maps Satellite |
Yandex Maps showing satellite imagery. |
Yandex Maps Street Map |
Yandex Maps showing streets and features. Depending on the Manifold build being used, this not appear in the choice list, given apparent Yandex work on a newer version. |
Yandex Maps v2 Hybrid |
Yandex Maps version 2 showing streets overlaid on satellite imagery. |
Yandex Maps v2 Satellite |
Yandex Maps version 2 showing satellite imagery. |
Yandex Maps v2 Street Map |
Yandex Maps version 2 showing streets and features. |
Custom |
Used for generic tile servers. See the Custom Servers topic. |
File databases are database systems or data storage formats that use files. The following capabilities are built into Manifold and, except for GPKG, require no additional software. Manifold provides a fast download for GPKG on the Product Downloads page.
CSV, ASC, PSV, TAB, .txt, etc |
Text formats used to store data. |
Borland Paradox database files. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
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dBase, FoxPro |
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DSN .dsn |
Microsoft Data Source files |
Tables in HTML pages. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
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ESRI File Geodatabases using ESRI GDB files for storage. File geodatabases are ESRI's recommended geodatabase format. Manifold's GDB dataport includes numerous features to facilitate read/write use of ESRI file geodatabases. |
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ESRI Geodatabases using Microsoft MDB files for storage. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
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Requires download of GPKG .DLL from Manifold Product Downloads page. |
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Microsoft Access formats, such as Access 2000 and Access 97 .mdb format. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
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SQLite database engine files. |
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UDL .udl |
Microsoft Universal Data Link |
Lotus 123. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
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Microsoft Excel. Microsoft XLSX files appeared in Microsoft Office 2007 and later. Requires installation of Microsoft's 64-bit Access Database Engine if 64-bit Microsoft Office has not been installed. |
Folder data sources create a single drawing or image by using all candidate files at once that are found within a given folder or folder hierarchy (searching sub-folders as well).
An image library is a data source that provides what appears to be a single image that is created by automatically forming a mosaic from one or more image files within a Windows folder. |
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Create a single point cloud drawing from all LAS or LAZ files found within a given folder. |
Dataports for the following formats are built into Manifold. Manifold automatically connects to these formats with no need to install any extra libraries or to perform any additional installations.
Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) data in CTG format in files that do not have a three letter extension. See the CTG, LULC Grid Cell topic. |
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Launch the GDAL/OGR dataport: files will be imported using GDAL/OGR. See the GDAL / OGR topic. |
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Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) data in Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (GIRAS) format in files that do not have a three letter extension. See the GIRAS, LULC Vector Format topic. |
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Terrain elevation data in NOAA GLOBE format files that do not have a three letter extension. GLOBE is usually considered a more modern, slightly more complete version of the USGS GTOPO30 project. See the GLOBE topic. See also the DEM, GTOPO30 topic. |
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Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) format dot files. See the GRASS topic. |
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S57 ENC (Electronic Navigation Chart) vector format. Used for nautical charts, especially for ENC electronic chart displays used in shipping. |
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NGA ARC Digitized Raster Graphics, loaded from .thf files. |
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Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Level 1b raw data, from satellites such as the NOAA Polar Orbiter. |
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ESRI .adf format, also sometimes called ArcGrid format. ADF files can contain raster data, ESRI TIN data or vector (drawing) data. |
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ESRI Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) format. BIL is an ESRI format used for raster data. |
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Generic raw binary files. See the RAW, RWB, RWT, BIN topic. |
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Windows bitmap |
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Atlas BNA format, a legacy vector format used with Atlas GIS packages. |
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Legacy US Census Bureau TIGER file format. |
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Cloud Optimized Point Cloud (COPC) format stores point cloud data, typically LiDAR data, is a special form of LAZ format that stores point data organized in a clustered octree. COPC data is automatically read by Manifold's LAZ dataport. This topic is a stub provided for anyone looking to import or to link (a better idea with LiDAR data) COPC data. |
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CS .cs |
C# scripts |
Comma-separated or other text file tables. See File Databases section above. |
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Web servers providing data in CSV (comma separated values) format, using typical variations on the format. Link to data in CSV (comma separated values) format files provided by web URLs. The CSV web dataport allows refreshing tables to re-read the latest data from the web. |
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USGS LULC (Land Use Land Cover) data in CTG (Composite Theme Grid) raster format, also known as Grid Cell files. |
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CUR is an image format used for saving images that will be used for icons. Using images from CUR files is basically identical to using ICO files. See the ICO topic for details. |
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SPOT satellite raster data. |
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DAT GCDB |
Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) DAT file format. |
DB |
Tables in Borland Paradox files |
Tables in dBase, FoxPro files |
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US government SDTS (Spatial Data Transfer Standard) files ending in DDF extension. SDTS format stores rasters (terrain elevation data such as DEM, or images) and vectors (such as data sets converted from USGS DLG). |
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DDR files as used with Log ASCII Standard (LAS) format used for well logging data. This is a legacy format different from the LAS format used for LiDAR data. LAS is a format originally developed by the Canadian Well Logging society in the late 1980's. DDR files are most often encountered with older raster data from archival sites providing satellite images recorded by earth observation satellites in the 1990's. |
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USGS DEM files, typically used for terrain elevation. A different format than DEM as used in GTOPO30 format. |
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USGS GTOPO30 DEM files, a different format than USGS DEM format. |
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Intergraph DGN format, a CAD-oriented format. A legacy vector format used with Intergraph and Bentley Microstation GIS products. |
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DHT |
Cataloging entry for many US military formats |
USGS Digital Line Graph Optional |
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An Adobe variation of TIFF that might be encountered in digital photography. DNG is an Adobe raster image format similar to TIF. It provides no projection information and is primarily used for photography and non-spatial graphics arts. |
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USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle |
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USGS Digital Raster graphics (scanned maps) in .tif format. |
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DSN |
Microsoft Data Source files |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (US Military / NGA), DTED Level 0 (dt0), Level 1 (dt1), Level 2 (dt2) |
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AutoCAD DWG format, a spatially-unaware CAD format that saves neither database information nor projection settings. |
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AutoCAD DXF format, a spatially-unaware CAD format that saves neither database information nor projection settings. |
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ESRI .e00 is a complex legacy format used with ESRI's ArcINFO GIS product. It is capable of storing different types of data, including images and surfaces ("grids"), but is most often used for drawings. |
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ERMapper / ERDAS / Hexagon ECW Wavelet compressed format. A high performance, more modern technology for raster compression using wavelet algorithms. Manifold can link or import ECW and can export to ECW as well. |
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Windows Meta File and Extended Meta File |
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ERMapper .ers files. |
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ESRI ArcINFO Floating-Point Grid |
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FS .fs |
F# scripts |
GDAL / OGR is not a single format but a collection of open source libraries that can read many formats, including many formats that Manifold can directly read. |
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Geographic Data Format (GDF) as used in TeleAtlas MultiNet and generic European GDF use. |
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Files providing spatial data using GeoJSON, a "geographic" format using text written in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Manifold automatically reads TopoJSON when a GeoJSON file contains TopoJSON. Geometry collections are expanded automatically. |
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A well-known image format. |
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USGS LULC (Land Use Land Cover) data in GIRAS (Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System) vector format. |
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ERDAS .lan and .gis format files. |
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Terrain elevation data in NOAA GLOBE format files that do not have a three letter extension. GLOBE is usually considered a more modern, slightly more complete version of the USGS GTOPO30 project. See also the DEM, GTOPO30 topic. |
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OGC Geography Markup Language. |
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The OGC GeoPackage format for storing vector and raster spatial data within an SQLite database container within a single .gpkg file. As an interchange format, clearly superior to ubiquitous, but obsolete, shapefiles. Manifold can either import or link read/write in place GPKG databases. |
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GPS Exchange format. |
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Format for the "Geographic Resources Analysis Support System" (GRASS) raster-oriented package, originally developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, and still surviving as open source. |
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ESRI ArcINFO ASCII Grid |
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Northwood / Vertical Mapper Grid Format |
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Golden Software Surfer Grid Format |
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Geosoft Grid Exchange File, an ASCII grid format mainly used for terrain elevation data but also for raster data for concentrations and similar. |
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SeaWiFS, EOS, NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) Hierarchical Data Format (HDF). Used mostly for images. Used widely in Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) projects. |
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High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) files storing images and sequences of images. Manifold works with HEIF as implemented using Microsoft modules, reading and writing files with an .heic extension. HEIF capability requires downloading and installing optional, free packages from Microsoft. |
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Space Shuttle SRTM data in .hgt, including .inc, .mag, .pol and .err files. |
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Tables in HTML files. |
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Bitmap image files in .ico format, often used to store icons. |
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ENVI, ERDAS, IDRISI and IMDISP .img formats. Manifold autodetects and configures the right dataport. When linking ERDAS IMG file ensembles that include intermediate levels in the RRD file, Manifold will automatically use those intermediate levels to provide very fast display. |
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EPANET files. |
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A compression format from the JPEG organization that uses wavelet compression similar to ECW and MrSID. Manifold reads/writes/links JPEG 2000 format. |
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A well-known image format using .jpg, .jpeg, or .jpe extension. |
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JS .js |
JavaScript scripts |
Generic JSON text files, written in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), often used to convey metadata or table data. |
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Text based format introduced by Google. Connect to KML files using the New Data Source dialog to follow recursive links within the KML file. KMZ is the same thing, but compressed using "zip" compression. |
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NOAA Polar Orbiter Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Level 1 B |
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Format for storing LiDAR data (LAS) or LiDAR data in zipped form (LAZ). |
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LBL LAS |
Log ASCII Standard (LAS) format. |
An ESRI ArcGIS layer package .lpk file is a zipped form of an ESRI file GDB plus layer information for ArcGIS. |
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All Manifold and Radian .map project files. |
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ETAK / TeleAtlas MapBase |
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Release 4.50 and earlier Manifold GIS .mfd files. |
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Pitney Bowes / MapInfo mid/mif, an interchange format for vectors. |
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Manifold Markup Language .mml files for generic storage of Release 9 / Radian projects. |
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MVT |
MVT files, an intermediate format for vector tiles used by some web servers. |
Manifold 4.50 .mws workspace files, including automatic import from referenced .mfd and .mdb files. |
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NetCDF files in .nc format |
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TAIF is TeleAtlas Interchange Format, used in Street Net and Multi Net data sets. |
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UK Ordnance Survey .ntf files, including various NTF subformats. |
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US military NGA .ntf image format, a different format than UK Ordnance Survey .ntf. |
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OpenStreetMap (OSM) native Protocol Binary Format (PBF) for total, native access to every detail of OSM data using OSM's recommended format. Manifold also reads OpenStreetMap OSM and O5M formats. |
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PC Paintbrush format by ZSoft |
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NASA Planetary Data System files. NASA's PDS4 version of PDS has adopted XML as a standard way of describing the data in a PDS file set. The Manifold PDS dataport currently imports tables and images within PDS file sets that are provided with an .xml file. Choosing the XML file will import the images and tables it describes. Note that older PDS file sets often do not include an XML file. In many cases, the formats used for images and tables in such older "PDS" file sets can be imported into Manifold using direct import of files. For example, .img files containing images are often in ENVI .img format and can be directly imported. using Manifold's IMG dataport. |
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PCIDISK, Silicon Graphics Alias / Wavefront |
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PL .pl |
Perl scripts |
Portable Network Graphics (pronounced "Ping"), a well-known image format. |
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PPM |
Portable PixMap (PPM) format. Intended as a "lowest common denominator" color image file format. Used in UNIX systems. |
PY .py |
Python scripts |
Raw binary or raw text format files using various extensions. |
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RB .rb |
Ruby scripts |
IDRISI .rst format raster image files |
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Silicon Graphics .sgi format files |
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ESRI Shapefiles. Manifold reads/writes/links shapefiles. |
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A format for raster compression using wavelet technology that was popular with government agencies in the early 2000's. Manifold directly reads MrSID format as a built-in format. |
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SQL |
Files containing SQL. |
SQLite database files. |
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SUN Microsystems .sun files |
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MapInfo TAB "table" format consists of multiple files, usually five files, referenced by a controlling .tab file. TAB format can result in drawings, labels, and raster images. |
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Targa Truevision .tga files |
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TIF and variations such as GeoTIFF and cloud optimized GeoTIFF. Adobe Tagged Image File Format (TIFF or TIF) is so universally used few people know it is a Adobe format. The GeoTIFF form of TIF includes tags providing projection information. Manifold reads virtually all known variations of TIF/TIFF and will extract projection information from GeoTIFF or older TIF files accompanied by TFW "world" files. Manifold reads GeoTIFF info and always writes TIF files with internal tags providing projection information that make them GeoTIFFs. The GeoTIFF form of TIF includes tags providing projection information. Manifold also always stores intermediate levels within the TIF from smallest to largest, so every TIF file Manifold writes is also a cloud optimized GeoTIFF as well. Manifold also reads cloud optimized GeoTIFF, taking advantage of stored intermediate levels for faster display when linking cloud optimized GeoTIFFs. |
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NGA ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) and Compressed ADRG (CADRG). Same as using .thf but using a .toc file. |
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TXT |
Text files. |
VB |
Visual Basic files. |
VBS |
VBScript files. |
IDRISI vector format |
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VDF .vdf |
SeaWiFS Satellite CEOS VDF format. A possibly extinct format, replaced by .nc and .hdf. |
IDRISI vector format |
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Google .webp image format. |
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Lotus |
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XLS .xls |
Microsoft Excel |
ASCII gridded XYZ |
Manifold includes all of the above many formats and data sources within Manifold as fully parallelized, thread safe, native Manifold capabilities. In addition, Manifold can connect to yet more formats using the GDAL open source library if the GDAL library is installed on our machine. The names in the list below are GDAL names for the formats with descriptions taken verbatim from GDAL documentation.
Important: we must have a functioning GDAL installation on our computer to use the GDAL dataport. GDAL installations must be downloaded from third party sites and must be correctly installed. Many GDAL functions require installation of other third party libraries in addition to GDAL.
AAIGrid |
Arc/Info ASCII Grid |
ACE2 |
ACE2 |
ADRG |
ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf) |
AIG |
Arc/Info Binary Grid (.adf) |
AIRSAR |
AIRSAR Polarimetric |
ARG |
Azavea Raster Grid |
BLX |
Magellan BLX Topo (.blx, .xlb) |
BAG |
Bathymetry Attributed Grid (.bag) |
BMP |
Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap (.bmp) |
BPG |
BPG (Better Portable Graphics) |
BSB |
BSB Nautical Chart Format (.kap) |
BT |
VTP Binary Terrain Format (.bt) |
CAD |
AutoCAD DWG Raster layer |
CALS |
CALS Type I |
CEOS |
CEOS (Spot for instance) |
COASP |
DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster |
COSAR |
TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product |
CPG |
Convair PolGASP data |
CTG |
USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid |
Db2 |
Db2 |
DDS |
DirectDraw Surface |
DERIVED |
Derived |
DIMAP |
Spot DIMAP (metadata.dim) |
DIPEx |
ELAS DIPEx |
DODS |
DODS / OPeNDAP |
DOQ1 |
First Generation USGS DOQ (.doq) |
DOQ2 |
New Labelled USGS DOQ (.doq) |
DTED |
Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2) |
E00GRID |
Arc/Info Export E00 GRID |
ECRGTOC |
ECRG Table Of Contents (TOC.xml) |
ECW |
ERDAS Compressed Wavelets (.ecw) |
EHdr |
ESRI .hdr Labelled |
EIR |
Erdas Imagine Raw |
ELAS |
NASA ELAS |
ENVI |
ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster |
EPSILON |
Epsilon - Wavelet compressed images |
ERS |
ERMapper (.ers) |
ESAT |
Envisat Image Product (.n1) |
FAST |
EOSAT FAST Format |
FIT |
FIT |
FITS |
FITS (.fits) |
FujiBAS |
Fuji BAS Scanner Image |
GENBIN |
Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled) |
GPKG |
GeoPackage |
GEORASTER |
Oracle Spatial GeoRaster |
GFF |
GSat File Format |
GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) |
GRIB |
WMO GRIB1/GRIB2 (.grb) |
GMT |
GMT Compatible netCDF |
GRASS |
GRASS Raster Format |
GRASSASCIIGrid |
GRASS ASCII Grid |
GSAG |
Golden Software ASCII Grid |
GSBG |
Golden Software Binary Gri |
GS7BG |
Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid |
GSC |
GSC Geogrid |
GTA |
Generic Tagged Arrays (.gta) |
GTiff |
TIFF / BigTIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif) |
GTX |
NOAA .gtx vertical datum shif |
GXF |
GXF - Grid eXchange File |
HDF4 |
Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 (HDF4) |
HDF5 |
Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 (HDF5) |
HF2 |
HF2/HFZ heightfield ras |
HFA |
Erdas Imagine (.img) |
IDA |
Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp) |
ILWIS |
ILWIS Raster Map (.mpr,.mpl) |
INGR |
Intergraph Raster |
IRIS |
IRIS |
ISCE |
ISCE raster |
ISIS2 |
USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2) |
ISIS3 |
USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3) |
JAXAPALSAR |
JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5) |
JDEM |
Japanese DEM (.mem) |
JPEG |
JPEG JFIF (.jpg) |
JPEGLS |
JPEG-LS |
JPEG2000 |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2ECW |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2KAK |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2Lura |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2MrSID |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2OpenJPEG |
JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JPIPKAK |
JPIP (based on Kakadu) |
KEA |
KEA |
KMLSUPEROVERLAY |
KMLSUPEROVERLAY |
KRO |
KRO |
L1B |
NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR) |
LAN |
Erdas 7.x .LAN and .GIS |
LCP |
FARSITE v.4 LCP Format |
Leveller |
Daylon Leveller Heightfield |
LOSLAS |
NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift |
MBTiles |
MBTiles |
MAP |
OziExplorer .MAP |
MEM |
In Memory Raster |
MFF |
Vexcel MFF |
MFF2 (HKV |
Vexcel MFF2 |
MG4Lidar |
MG4 Encoded Lidar |
MRF |
Meta Raster Format |
MrSID |
Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database |
MSG |
Meteosat Second Generation |
MSGN |
EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat) |
NDF |
NLAPS Data Format |
NGSGEOID |
NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids |
NITF |
NITF (.ntf, .nsf, .gn?, .hr?, .ja?, .jg?, .jn?, .lf?, .on?, .tl?, .tp?, etc. |
netCDF |
netCDF |
NTv2 |
NTv2 Datum Grid Shift |
NWT_GRC |
Northwood/VerticalMapper Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab |
NWT_GRD |
Northwood/VerticalMapper Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab |
OGDI |
OGDI Bridge |
OZI |
OZI OZF2/OZFX3 |
PAux |
PCI .aux Labelled |
PCIDSK |
PCI Geomatics Database File |
PCRaster |
PCRaster |
Geospatial PDF |
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PDS |
NASA Planetary Data System |
PLMosaic |
Planet Labs Mosaics API |
PNG |
Portable Network Graphics (.png) |
PostGISRaster |
PostGIS Raster (previously WKTRaster) |
PNM |
Netpbm (.ppm,.pgm) |
PRF |
PHOTOMOD raster file (.prf,.x-dem) |
R |
R Object Data Store |
RASDAMAN |
Rasdaman |
Rasterlite |
Rasterlite - Rasters in SQLite DB |
SQLite |
Rasterlite2 - Rasters in SQLite DB |
RIK |
Swedish Grid RIK (.rik) |
RMF |
Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw, .mtw) |
ROI_PAC |
ROI_PAC Raster |
RPFTOC |
Raster Product Format/RPF (CADRG, CIB) |
RS2 |
RadarSat2 XML (product.xml) |
RRASTER |
R Raster (.grd) |
RST |
Idrisi Raster |
SAFE |
Sentinel 1 SAR SAFE (manifest.safe) |
SENTINEL2 |
Sentinel 2 |
SAGA |
SAGA GIS Binary format |
SAR_CEOS |
SAR CEOS |
SDE |
ArcSDE Raster |
SDTS |
USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF |
SGI |
SGI Image Format |
SNODAS |
Snow Data Assimilation System |
SRP |
Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP) |
SRTMHGT |
SRTM HGT Format |
TERRAGEN |
Terragen Heightfield (.ter) |
TIL |
EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe .TIL |
TSX |
TerraSAR-X Product |
USGSDEM |
USGS ASCII DEM / CDED (.dem) |
VICAR |
VICAR |
VRT |
GDAL Virtual (.vrt) |
WCS |
OGC Web Coverage Service |
WEBP |
WEBP |
WMS |
OGC Web Map Service, and TMS, WorldWind, On Earth tiled, VirtualEarth, ArcGIS REST, IIP) |
WMTS |
OGC Web Map Tile Service |
XPM |
X11 Pixmap (.xpm) |
XYZ |
ASCII Gridded XYZ |
ZMap |
ZMap Plus Grid |
In addition to all GDAL raster formats, the Manifold GDAL dataport also can connect to all OGR vector formats using the GDAL / OGR library. OGR is a popular open source library that can connect to many vector formats, including some niche formats in addition to native Manifold support. OGR is part of GDAL installations. The same GDAL dataport used to connect to GDAL raster libraries is also used to connect to the OGR vector part of GDAL. The names in the list below are GDAL names for the formats with descriptions taken verbatim from GDAL documentation.
Important: we must have a functioning GDAL installation on our computer to use the GDAL dataport to connect to an OGR format. GDAL installations must be downloaded from third party sites and must be correctly installed. Many GDAL functions require installation of other third party libraries in addition to GDAL.
AeronavFAA |
Aeronav FAA files |
AmigoCloud |
AmigoCloud API |
ArcObjects |
ESRI ArcObjects |
AVCBin |
Arc/Info Binary Coverage |
AVCE00 |
Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage |
ARCGEN |
Arc/Info Generate |
BNA |
Atlas BNA |
CAD |
AutoCAD DWG |
DWG |
AutoCAD DWG |
DXF |
AutoCAD DXF |
Carto |
Carto |
Cloudant |
Cloudant / CouchDB |
CouchDB |
CouchDB / GeoCouch |
CSV |
Comma Separated Value (.csv) |
CSW |
OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web) |
VFK |
Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format |
Db2ODBC |
Db2 Spatial |
DODS |
DODS/OPeNDAP |
EDIGEO |
EDIGEO |
ElasticSearch |
ElasticSearch |
FileGDB |
ESRI FileGDB |
PGeo |
ESRI Personal GeoDatabase |
SDE |
ESRI ArcSDE |
ESRI Shapefile |
ESRI Shapefile / DBF |
FMEObjects Gateway |
FMEObjects Gateway |
GeoJSON |
GeoJSON |
Geoconcept |
Géoconcept Export |
Geomedia |
Geomedia .mdb |
GPKG |
GeoPackage |
GeoRSS |
GeoRSS |
GFT |
Google Fusion Tables |
GML |
GML |
GMLAS |
GMLAS |
GMT |
GMT |
GPSBabel |
GPSBabel |
GPX |
GPX |
GRASS |
GRASS Vector Format |
GPSTrackMaker |
GPSTrackMaker (.gtm, .gtz) |
HTF |
Hydrographic Transfer Format |
Idrisi |
Idrisi Vector (.VCT) |
IDB |
Informix DataBlade |
INTERLIS |
"Interlis 1" and "Interlis 2" |
INGRES |
INGRES |
OpenJUMP |
.jml JML |
KML |
KML |
LIBKML |
LIBKML |
MapInfo File |
MapInfo File |
DGN |
Microstation DGN v7 |
DGNv8 |
Microstation DGN v8 |
MDB |
Access MDB (PGeo and Geomedia capable) |
Memory |
Memory |
MongoDB |
MongoDB |
MySQL |
MySQL |
NAS |
NAS - ALKIS |
netCDF |
netCDF |
OCI |
Oracle Spatial |
ODBC |
ODBC |
MSSQLSpatial |
MS SQL Spatial |
ODS |
Open Document Spreadsheet |
OGDI |
OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW) |
OpenAir |
OpenAir |
OpenFileGDB |
ESRI FileGDB |
OSM |
OpenStreetMap XML and PBF |
PCIDSK |
PCI Geomatics Database File |
Geospatial PDF |
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PDS |
PDS |
PLScenes |
Planet Labs Scenes AP |
PGDump |
PostgreSQL SQL dump |
PostgreSQL/PostGIS |
PostgreSQL/PostGIS |
REC |
EPIInfo .REC |
S57 |
S-57 (ENC) |
SDTS |
SDTS |
SEGUKOOA |
SEG-P1 / UKOOA P1/90 |
SEGY |
SEG-Y |
Selafin |
Selafin/Seraphin format |
SOSI |
Norwegian SOSI Standard |
SQLite |
SQLite/SpatiaLite |
SUA |
SUA |
SVG |
SVG |
SXF |
Storage and eXchange Format |
UK. NTF |
UK. NTF |
TIGER |
U.S. Census TIGER/Line |
VRT |
VRT - Virtual Datasourc |
WFS |
OGC WFS (Web Feature Service) |
XLS |
MS Excel format |
XLSX |
MS Office Open XML spreadsheet |
XPLANE |
X-Plane/Flightgear aeronautical data |
VDV |
VDV-451/VDV-452/IDF |
Walk |
Walk |
WAsP |
WAsP .map format |
Z exports - Exporting to BIL, FLT, XYZ and other formats often used for height data will apply Z offset / scale values to pixels.
