Open External File

Function Description

SuperMap ImageX Pro supports directly opening external vector files, image files, and vector folders. Each file opens as a read-only data source. After opening, a data source with the same name as the file is added to the workspace, with the file as a dataset within that data source. This approach reduces the operational cost of using third-party data, simplifies workflows, and makes data management more efficient.

The supported data formats are as follows:

Type Supported Formats
vector file *.shp、*.mif、*.tab、*.dwg、*.dxf、*.dgn、*.kml、*.kmz、*.wal、*.wan、*.wap、*.wat、*.csv、*.dbf、*.000、*.vct、*.json、*.geojson、*.gpkg、*.mdb、*.e00、*.gdb、*.meta
image files *.sit、*.bmp、*.jpg、*.jpeg、*.png、*.tif、*.tiff、*.img、*.sci、*.gif、*.xml、*.ecw、*.sid、*.bil、*.jp2、*.j2k、*.EGC、*.tpk、*.nc、*.grb、*.GRIB2、*.HDF、*.adf、*.pix、*.txt
Vector Folders *.gdb
spreadsheet *.xlsx

Feature Entry

  • Start tab->Datasource group->Select File->Open File Datasource
  • Workspace Manager panel->Datasource node context menu->Open File Datasource
  • Supports directly opening by dragging files.

Steps

Opening Vector Files

  1. In the workspace data source node context menu, select Open File Datasource....
  2. In the pop-up Open File Datasource dialog, select the vector file to open.
  3. The Open Vector File dialog then appears, where you can set opening parameters as needed. Specific parameter descriptions can be viewed by clicking the links in the table below.
    Note:

    If reopening a file, using Recently used in the Catalog Manager panel retains previously set parameters and skips the dialog; using Open File Datasource or dragging from a folder does not retain settings and requires reconfiguration.

  4. Click the OK button to open the vector file in the workspace. Except for GeoPackage files, other vector files support opening only as read-only data sources and cannot be edited geometrically or attribute-wise.

Opened vector files can be used as source data for analysis tools, or analysis results can be directly exported to common external formats. Specific support is shown in the table below, where *.gdb format only supports opening via drag-and-drop:

Format Direct Open Analysis Export
*.shp √ √ √
*.gdb √ √ √
*.gpkg √ √ ×
*.geojson √ √ ×
*.dwg、*.dxf、*.dgn √ √ ×
*.mif、*.tab、*wor √ √ ×
*.wal、*.wan、*.wap、*.wat √ √ ×
*.kmz、*.kml √ √ ×
*.mdb √ √ ×
*.vct √ √ ×
*.e00 √ √ ×
*.csv √ × ×

Opening Image Files

  1. In the workspace data source node context menu, select Open File Datasource....
  2. In the pop-up Open File Datasource dialog, select the image file to open.
  3. Click the Open button to open the image file as a read-only data source in the workspace. Single-band 16-bit and 32-bit floating-point image files open directly as raster datasets.

Opening Spreadsheets

Supports directly opening Excel files for read-only viewing as attribute tables. Specific steps are as follows:

  1. In the workspace manager, right-click the data source node and select Open File Datasource... .
  2. In the pop-up dialog, select the Excel file to browse, then click Open to display the Excel Browse Parameter Settings dialog. Excel browsing supports viewing the first 1000 records or viewing all data. Checking "First row as header" sets the Excel sheet's first row as field names.
  3. After clicking OK, the Excel file is converted to a tabular dataset; double-click to browse. 

Related Topics

Open Datasource

New Datasource