Data Import Supported Export Formats
The following provides a list of data formats supported by Data Import and Data Export for user convenience.
1. Vector File Import/Export Support
2. Raster File Import/Export Support
3. Data Import Formats Supported by Different Platforms
Vector File Import/Export Support
| Supported Import Vector File Formats | File Description | Supported Import as Dataset Type | Supports Export? |
| AutoCAD Drawing File（*.dwg） | DWG is a drawing file of AutoCAD, specifically used to save vector graphics as a standard file format, which is a vector-based binary file format. | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ |
| AutoCAD DXF File（*.dxf） | DXF is a graphic exchange file for AutoCAD, facilitating CAD data exchange between AutoCAD and other software, using a vector-based ASCII file format. | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ |
| ArcInfo Export File（*.e00） | E00 is a universal exchange format file for ESRI ArcInfo. Through ASCII plaintext encoding, E00 contains nearly all vector formats and attributes. | Simple Dataset | √ |
| ArcView Shape File（*.shp） | This is a data format unique to ArcView GIS software, used to store spatial and attribute information of geographic features, and is a commonly used vector data format. | Simple Dataset | √ |
| GeoDatabase Vector File（*.gdb） | This is an ESRI Geodatabase vector data file that can be imported as point, line, region, text, or tabular datasets, resulting in a single vector dataset. | Simple Dataset | √ |
| ArcGIS Personal GeoDatabase File（*.mdb） | This is an ArcGIS personal geodatabase data file that can be imported as point, line, region, text, or tabular datasets, resulting in a single vector dataset. Note: This file uses the Microsoft Access data file structure, so importing it requires installing an AccessDatabaseEngine.exe file. The type of AccessDatabaseEngine installed depends on the bit version of iDesktop; for example, a 64-bit iDesktop requires a 64-bit AccessDatabaseEngine. | Simple Dataset | √ |
| MapInfo TAB File（*.tab） | This is a table structure file for attribute data, storing information in table form. The TAB file defines the table structure for map property data. | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ |
| MapInfo Exchange Format（*.mif) | This is an intermediate exchange file used by MapInfo for external data exchange. It preserves MapInfo's table structure and object geometry, including style information such as object symbols and fill patterns. | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ |
| MapInfo WOR File（*.wor） | This is a MapInfo Workspace File, used to save tables, window positions, maps, layouts, resource symbols, and MapInfo environment settings. | Simple Dataset | |
| MapGIS Exchange Format(*.wat; *.wal; *.wap; *.wan) | This is a plaintext file for MapGIS, with a structure consisting of a file header and data area. In the MAPGIS file system, project files (suffix .MPJ) typically include point files (*.WT), line files (*.WL), region files (*.WP), and network files (*.WN). Before importing, these MapGIS graphic file formats must be converted to MapGIS plaintext format. After conversion, the filenames are: point plaintext file (*.wat), line plaintext file (*.wal), region plaintext file (*.wap), and network plaintext file (*.wan). | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | |
| Microsoft Excel File（*.xlsx） | Supports Office 2007 and newer files, specifically *.xlsx format files, which typically store spatial and attribute information of geographic data and can be imported as attribute table data. | Tabular Dataset | √ |
| CSV Text File（*.csv） | A file that records data in text form, usually comma-delimited, commonly used for data interchange between different programs. | Tabular Dataset | |
| LIDAR File（*.txt） | Data points acquired by LiDAR are very dense, also known as point cloud data. | Point Dataset, 3D Point Dataset | √ |
| dBASE File Format（*.dbf） | Table data for ShapeFile data. | Tabular Dataset | |
| DGN File（*.dgn） | Microstation DGN File. | Vector Dataset | |
| VCT File（*.vct） | National standard vector file. | Vector Dataset | √ |
| Telecom Building Vector Region File | Vector region data for the telecommunications industry. | Vector Region Dataset | √ |
| Telecom Vector Line File | Vector line data for the telecommunications industry. | Vector Line Dataset | √ |
| Telecom Vector Text File | Text data for the telecommunications industry. | Point Dataset | √ |
| GeoJson File | GeoJson is a format for encoding various geographic data structures, based on JavaScript object notation for geographic data interchange. | Point, Line, Region, CAD Dataset | √ |
| SimpleJson Data File（*.json） | SimpleJson(*.json) is a unique data format supported by SuperMap software. SimpleJson data consists of two files: (*.json) and (*.meta). The (*.meta) file stores metadata information, while the (*.json) file stores member information of the data. | Point, Line, Region, CAD Dataset | √ |
| GPS File（*.gpx ） | *.gpx files are GPS track point files recorded by GPS devices, using a lightweight XML data interchange format. | Point Dataset | √ |
| OpenStreetMap Data File（*.osm） | *.osm files are vector data files created by OpenStreetMap to save street map information. They are stored in ASCII plaintext and can be imported as point, line, or region datasets, but not as CAD datasets. | Point, Line, Region Dataset | |
| GeoPackage Vector File（*.gpkg） | GeoPackage is an open data format for storing geographic information, developed by OGC. It uses a platform-independent SQLite database file to store vector features, image tile matrices, raster map tile matrices, and non-spatial tabular data. | Vector Dataset |
Raster File Import/Export Support
| Supported Import Raster File Formats | File Description | Supported Import as Dataset Type | Supports Export? |
| Golden Software ASCII Grid File（*.grd） | Golden Software ASCII Grid File is an Esri raster data storage format that stores spatial positions and cell values of pixels in blocks. | Raster Dataset | √ |
| Arc/Info Binary Grid Folder（*.adf） | Arc/Info Binary Grid Folder is a binary raster data storage format by ESRI. The folder contains multiple .adf files, each storing different content of the data. | Raster Dataset | √ |
| Erdas Image File（*.img） | This is a common file format in the ERDAS platform for remote sensing analysis, capable of storing various data such as images, rasters, and DEM. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| TIFF（*.tif; *.tiff） | TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is a common high-bit color image format. GeoTIFF is a TIFF file format containing geographic information, encoded within reserved tags in the TIFF file. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| Bitmap File（*.bmp） | This is a standard image file format in Windows operating systems, with no compression, resulting in large file sizes. Imported as image data. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| PNG File（*.png） | A network image file storage format with simple compression for pixels with continuous cell values. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| GIF File（*.gif） | Graphics Interchange Format, featuring simple compression for pixels with continuous cell values. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| JPG File（*.jpg; *.jpeg） | A common image format that stores single images using 24-bit color. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ |
| JPEG2000 File（*.jp2、*.jpk） | JPEG2000 is an image compression standard based on wavelet transform, offering high compression ratios. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | |
| ECW File（*.ecw） | ECW is a proprietary format by Erdas, using lossy compression based on wavelets, similar to JPEG 2000. | Image Dataset | |
| SIT Image File（*.sit）（Obsolete） | This is a proprietary raster and image file storage format for SuperMap products. It integrates multiple imagery technologies to significantly compress image data and enable rapid reading and display. | Image Dataset | √ |
| USGDEM and GBDEM Raster File（*.dem） | This is an exchange format for spatial data, imported as raster data. | Raster Dataset | |
| BIL File（*.bil） | BIL (Band Interleaved by Line) stores data by scan lines, with all bands of the same scan line recorded sequentially. The order is all bands of the first pixel, then the second, and so on. | Raster Dataset | |
| BIP File（*.bip） | BIP (Band Interleaved by Pixel) records data in pairs of pixels as the basic unit. | Raster Dataset | |
| BSQ File（*.bsq） | BSQ (Band Sequential) stores data by band, with all scans of each band recorded sequentially. Each row of data is followed by the next row of the same band. | Raster Dataset | |
| RAW File（*.raw） | A common format in digital imaging that contains all photo information from the sensor before processing by the camera image processor, with minimal compression loss and relatively small storage space. | Image Dataset | |
| MrSID File（*.sid） | A common remote sensing image storage format compressed by MrSID multi-resolution seamless image database, reducing storage space and browsing time. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | |
| Telecom Data Raster File（*.b，*.bin） | Raster data for the telecommunications industry. | Raster Dataset | |
| ASCII Grid File（*.asc） | This is an ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced grid exchange file. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | |
| GDAL Virtual Data Format（*.vrt） | This is a file format created by the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL). It allows creating virtual datasets from other GDAL-readable datasets and supports multiple raster data formats, including TIFF, IMG, DEM, and others. | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | |
| EGC File（*.egc） | Raster image file developed by EximiousSoft. | Raster Dataset | √ |
| Meteorological Data File（*.grib2） | GRIB is a binary file format developed by WMO for exchanging and storing regularly distributed data, with GRIB2 encoding data into nine segments. | Raster Dataset |
Data Import Formats Supported by Different Platforms
Vector File Formats
| File Type | File Format | Supported Import as Dataset Type | Windows 64 | x86 Linux | ARM | Loongson |
| AutoCAD Files | *.dwg *.dxf |
CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | X |
| *.dgn | CAD Dataset, Simple Dataset | √ | X | X | X | |
| ArcGIS Data | *.shp *.grd *.gdb *.dbf *.asc |
Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| *.e00 | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | X | √ | |
| *.mdb | Simple Dataset | √ | X | X | X | |
| MapInfo Data | *.tab *.mif *.wor |
CAD, Simple Dataset CAD, Simple Dataset Simple Dataset |
√ | √ | √ | √ |
| MapGIS Data | *.wat *.wal *.wap *.wan |
CAD, Simple Dataset | √ | X | X | X |
| Spreadsheet | *.csv *.xlsx *.txt |
Attribute Table Data Attribute Table Data Attribute Table, Spatial Point Dataset |
√ | √ | √ | √ |
| Telecom Formats | Telecom Building Vector Region Folder Telecom Vector Line Folder Telecom Vector Text File |
Vector Region Data Vector Line Data Vector Text |
√ | √ | X | √ |
| Lidar Data | *.txt | 2D, 3D Point Dataset | √ | X | X | X |
| Geospatial Data Exchange Format | *.vct | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| EPS Data Format | *.vct | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | X |
| GeoJson | *.geojson | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| SimpleJson | *.json | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | X | √ |
| GPS Data | *.gpx | Simple Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| OpenStreetMap Data File | *.osm | Simple Dataset | √ | X | X | √ |
| GeoPackage Vector File | *.gpkg | Vector Dataset | √ | √ |
Raster Vector File
| File Type | File Format | Supported Import as Dataset Type | Windows 64 | x86 Linux | ARM | Loongson |
| Esri File Formats | GRD File Format（*.grd,*.txt、*dem） | Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Erdas Image File | *.img | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Tiff Image Data | *.tif *.tiff |
Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Bitmap File | *.bmp | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| PNG | *.png | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| JPG file | *.jgp *.jpeg |
Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| SIT file（Deprecated） | *.sit | Image Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| USGSDEM file | *.dem | Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| GBDEM file | *.dem | Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Remote sensing image file | *.bil *.bip *.bsp |
Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| RAW file | *.raw | Image Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| MrSID file | *.sid | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Telecommunications Data Grid file | *.b *.bin |
Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| GIF file | *.gif | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| JPEG2000 file | *.jp2 *.jpk |
Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| ECWfile | *.ecw | Image Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| *.grid2 | Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| GDAL Virtual Data | *.vrt | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Military data elevation model | *.egc | Raster Dataset | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| NetCDF | *.nc | Image Dataset, Raster Dataset | √ | × | × | × |