Support

Data Sources

Vector Formats

Autodesk 

• AutoCAD DWG (up to and including AutoCad 2018) (*.dwg) 
• AutoCAD DXF (up to and including AutoCad 2018) (*.dxf) 
• AutoCAD Design Web Format (*.dwf) 

Bentley 

• Bentley MicroStation DGN V8 (*.dgn) 

Cadcorp 

• Cadcorp Base Dataset (*.bds) 
• Cadcorp Item Database (*.idb)
• Cadcorp Feature Database (*.fdb) 
• Cadcorp View Points 
• Cadcorp OS MasterMap Database (*.odb) 
• Cadcorp SIS Graphics File (*.sgf)

ESRI 

• ESRI ARC/INFO Export (ASCII) (*.e00) 
• ESRI Personal Geodatabase (*.mdb) 
• ESRI Shape (*.shp) 
• ESRI File Geodatabase
• ESRI ARC SDE (Oracle)

Geographic Objects for JSON (GeoJSON)

• Geographic Objects for JSON (GeoJSON) (*.geojson, *.json;*.txt)
• Topological Objects for GeoJSON (TopoJSON) (*.json;*.topojson)

HERE Map Data

• HERE MAP Premium Data Road Network

Intergraph 

• Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse (*.mdb) 

MapInfo

• MapInfo TAB (*.tab) 
• MapInfo Interchange Format (*.mif)

Open Geospatial Consortium 

• OGC GML 3.2.1 (*.gml) 
• OGC GeoPackage (*.gpkg)
• OGC CityGML (*.gml)
• OGC KML Document (.kml, .kmz) 
• GeoRSS (*.xml) 
• OGC OWS Context Document (*.cml, *.ccml, *.xml) 

OpenStreetMap 

• OpenStreetMap XML (*.osm, *xml, *bz2) 
• OpenStreetMap Tiles (local)

Safe Software (FME) 

• Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) †† 
• FME Feature Store file (*.ffs) 

SIA 

• SIA dataMap Export (*.adp) 

Oracle

• Oracle Network Model

Ordnance Survey Great Britain: OS (GB) 

• OS MasterMap Address Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Address Layer 2 (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Highways Network (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Topographic Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Sites Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS MasterMap Water Network (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS (GB) ADDRESS-POINT (10cm resolution) (*.ntf; *.csv; *.ap) 
• OS (GB) BaseDataGB (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Boundary-Line Polygons (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Code-Point (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Common Internal Transfer File CITF Topo 93 (*.ctf) 
• OS (GB) Common Internal Transfer File CITF Topo 96 (*.q1, *.q2) 
• OS (GB) Data-Point (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Land-Form PROFILE contours 1:10000 (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Land-Form PANORAMA contours 1:10000 (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Land-Line 1:1250, 1:2500, 1:10000 (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Meridian 1:10000 (*.ntf)
• OS (GB) Meridian 2 (*.shp)
• OS (GB) OSCAR Road Network (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Positional Accuracy Improvement Link File (*.csv) 
• OS (GB) Post Office Address File (10m resolution) (*.paf) 
• OS (GB) Strategi (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) Travelmaster (*.ntf)

Ordnance Survey Great Britain: OS OpenData

• OS (GB) VectorMap Local (*.gpkg *.gml; *.gz) 
• OS (GB) VectorMap District (*.gpkg, *.gml; *.gz) 
• OS (GB) Open Greenspace (*.gpkg, *.gml; *.gz) 
• OS (GB) Open Names (*.gpkg)
• OS (GB) Open Rivers (*.gpkg,*.gml) 
• OS (GB) Open Roads (*.gpkg, *.gml) 
• OS (GB) Open Map – Local (*.gpkg, *.gml) 
• OS (GB) Terrain 50 (*.gpkg)
• OS (GB) Boundary-Line (*.gpkg, *.gml)
• OS (GB) Code-Point Open (*.gpkg)
• OS (GB) Open Zoomstack (*.gpkg, *.mbtiles)

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland: OSNI 

• Land & Property Services Northern Ireland (*.ntf) 

Ordnance Survey Ireland: OSI 

• Ordnance Survey Ireland (*.ntf) 

USA National datasets

• Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) (*.ddf) 
• US Census Bureau TIGER/Line (*.bw1;*.rt1) 
• USGS DLG3 Optional format (ASCII) (*.opt) 

Other 

• AAANAS GML (*.xml) 
• Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
• ASCII Text Format (XYZ) (*.txt)
• ASPRS LAS (*.las, *.laz)
• Binary Point Format (*.bpf)
• Digital Chart of the World 
• Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) 
• EuroNav Geographic Exchange format (*.gxf) 
• FICC Rustica (*.p,*.s,*.t,*.x) 
• FICC Urbana (*.p,*.s,*.t,*.x) 
• Google Sketchup (32-bit only) (*.skp)
• Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) (*.zip)
• GPS Exchange Format GPX (*.gpx) 
• Italian Cadastral Exchange Format (CXF) (*.cxf) 
• KF85 (Sweden ) (*.k85) 
• Leica Cyclone PTS (*.pts)
• Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) (*.las) 
• MIDAS XML (GB only) (*.xml) 
• NextMap Britain Contours (*.ntf) 
• NGA Vector Map Level 0/1
• OpenMap Tiles (*.mbtiles)
• Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) Database (*.OSRM)
• PDAL Pipeline (*.json)
• S57 Electronic Navigational Chart Catalog (*.030; *.031)
• S57 Electronic Navigational Chart (*.000)
• SBET (*.sbet)
• SNODAS (*.hdr)
• TerraSolid bin (*.bin)
• XY/XYZ (*.xy;*.xyz) 

Raster Formats

Cadcorp

• Cadcorp Basemap Database (*.bdb)
• Cadcorp Tile Database (*.tdb)
• Cadcorp WebMap Layers Tile Cache (CacheMetadata.json)

ESRI 

• ESRI ARC/INFO ASCII Grid (*.asc) 
• ESRI ARC/INFO Binary Grid (*.adf, *hdr.adf)
• ESRI Band Interleaved By Line (*.bil) 
• ESRI Band Interleaved By Pixel (*.bip) 
• ESRI Band Sequential (*.bsq) 
• ESRI HDR labelled dataset (*.hdr) 

ERDAS 

• Erdas Imagine (*.img) 
• Erdas Imagine Raw Raster (*.raw)
• Erdas LAN/.GIS Raster File (*.lan, *.gis)
• Earth Resource Mapping 
• ER Mapper (*.alg) 
• ER Mapper Enhanced Compression Wavelet (*.ecw) 
• ER Mapper labelled dataset (*.ers) 

EXIF

• EXchangeable Image Format (*.jpg; *.jpeg) 

Intergraph 

• Intergraph Raster Image (*.rle; *.cit, *.cot)

LizardTech 

• MrSID (*.sid) 

PCI 

• PCI Geomatics Database File (*.pix) 
• PCI .aux Labelled (*.aux *.raw) 

Open Geospatial Consortium 

• OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) 
• OGC Web Map Context Document (*.cml;*.ccml;*.xml) 

Oracle 

• GeoRaster 10g or later 

Ordnance Survey Great Britain: OS (GB) 

• OS (GB) BaseData GB 1:625000 (*.ntf)
• OS MasterMap Imagery Layer (*.gml; *.gz) 
• OS (GB) LandForm PROFILE (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) LandForm DTM 1:1000, 1:50000 (*.ntf) 
• OS (GB) LandForm PANORAMA DTM 1:50000 (*.ntf) 

Ordnance Survey Ireland: OSI 

• OSI DTM (*.ntf) 
• OSI 20km x 20km Height Data (*.dtm) 
• SPOT Digital Image (DIMAP) (METADATA.DIM)

Refractions Research

• PostGIS Raster

USA National datasets 

• USGS DLG-3 (*.do, *opt)
• USGS Digital Elevation Model (1 degree) (*.dem) 
• USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (New Style) (*.doq; *.nes; *.nws; *.ses; *.sws) 
• USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (Old style) (*.doq; *.nes; *.nws; *.ses; *.sws) 
• USGS GTOPO30 (*.hdr) 
• USGS Optional ASCII DEM (*.dem) 
• USGS Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Composite Theme Grids (*.gz)
• USGS SDTS DEM (*.cadt; *.ddf) 
• USGS SRTM30 (*.hdr, *.dem)

Other 

• ACE2 Global Digital Elevation Model (*.ace2, *.gz)
• ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) (*.gen;TRANSH01.thf) 
• ARC Standard Raster Product (ASRP) (*.gen;*.img) 
• ASRP (*.img, TRANSH01.THF)
• ATM QFIT (*.qi)
• Atlantis MFF HKV Raster (*.hdr) 
• Atlantis MFF Raster (*.hdr) 
• Bathymetric Attributed Grid (*.bag)
• Binary Port Format BPF (*.bpf)
• Binary Terrain Format (*.bt;*.prj) 
• B&W TIFF with antialiasing (*.tif;*.tiff) 
• Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG) (*.toc) 
• CEOS SAR Image file (*.img) 
• Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (*.cal, *.cals, *.ras)
• Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) (*.dt0; *.dt1, *.dt2, *.dt3)
• Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphic (TOC.xml)
• ENVI .hdr Labelled (*.evi.gz) 
• ENVISAT Image (*.n1) 
• EOSAT FASTL7A (Landsat TM) (*.fst, *HRF.fst, *HTM.fst, *HPN.fst)
• ETOPO1 Global 1minute Gridded Elevation Data 
• ETOPO2 Global 2minute Gridded Elevation Data (*.dos) 
• ETOPO5 Global 5minute Gridded Elevation Data (*.bin, *.dos, *.bat)
• FARSITE v4 Landscape File (*.lcp)
• FlatGeobuf (*.fgb)
• GDAL Virtual Raster Dataset (*.vrt)
• Generic Binary (*.bil, *.bip, *.bsq)
• Geosoft Grid Exchange Format (*.gxf) 
• GIF (*.gif) 
• Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) database (*.glb) 
• GMT netCDF Grid Format (*.grd) 
• Golden Software ASCII Grid (*.grd) 
• Golden Software Binary Grid (*.grd) 
• Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (*.grd)
• GRASS ASCII Grid (*.asc)
• Gridded Binary (GRIB) (*.grb, *.grb1))
• Gridded Binary v.2(GRIB2) (*.grb2) 
• Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Release 4 (*.hdf) 
• Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Release 5 (*.hdf, *.hdf5, *.h5, *.he5)
• IDA (*.ida, *.img)
• IDRISI Raster Format (*.rst)
• ILVIS2 (*.txt)
• ILWIS Raster Maps and Map Lists (*.mpr, *.mpl)
• Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency PALSAR Processed Products (*.5_UD)
• JAXA PALSAR Processed Products (VOL-*1.5_UD)
• JPEG (*.jpg) 
• JPEG 2000 (GDAL/Kakadu) (*.jp2;*.j2k;*.jpc;*.jpx;*.j2c) 
• MBTiles (*.mbtiles)
• National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) (*.ntf; *.i12, *.jn2, *.lf2, *.on2, *.nsf) 
• NextMap Britain DSM(*.ntf) 
• NextMap Britain DTM (*.ntf) 
• NetCDF (Network Common Data Format) Grid Format (*.grd, *.nc) 
• NOAA/MAPTECH/NDI/SoftChart BSB (*.kap; *.nos) 
• NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR instrument) (*.l1b, *.1b)
• Northwood/VerticalMapper Numeric Grid Format (*.grd)
• Northwood/VerticalMapper Classified Grid Format (*.grc)
• Optech Corrected Sensor Data (*.csd)
• PCRaster Raster Format (*.map)
• PNG (*.png) 
• R Raster (*.grd)
• RasterLite (*.sqlite)
• Raw raster data (*.raw) 
• RLC Bitmap (*.rlc) 
• Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission SRTM (*.hgt, *.hgtz)
• Snow Data Assimilation System (*.hdr)
• Targa Image File (*.tga) 
• TIFF/GeoTIFF (*.tif;*.tiff) – includes compressed variants LZW, packbits etc. 
• Vaisala Sigmet Interactive Radar Information System (IRIS) (*.dat)
• Vexcel MFF Raster
• Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) 
• Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
• Worldwide Digitial Terrain Data (TerrainBase) (*.bin) 
• Zsoft paintbrush (*.pcx) 
• ZMap Plus Gird (*.dat)

Services

Cadcorp

• Cadcorp GeognoSIS Tile Set (*.tileset)
• Cadcorp Basemap Database served as Basemaps in GeognoSIS
• Cadcorp Tile Database served as Basemaps in GeognoSIS
• Cadcorp Data Service
• Cadcorp Data Capture Service
• Cadcorp HTTP API
• Cadcorp Tile Cache Service
• Cadcorp Tile Service
• Cadcorp SOAP API

ERDAS

• ERDAS APOLLO Essentials Image Web Server

ESRI

• ESRI ArcIMS Image Service 
• ESRI ArcIMS Feature Service 

Geographic Objects for JSON (GeoJSON)

• Geographic Objects for JSON (GeoJSON) (*.geojson, *.json;*.txt)
• TileJSON

Google

• Google Maps (preview only – use Cadcorp Tile Service to add layer to Google Maps)
• Google Maps (Hybrid)
• Google Maps (Road Map)
• Google Maps (Satellite)
• Google Maps (Terrain)

MapBox

• MapBox Streets
• MapBox Satellite
• MapBox Streets + Satellite7
• MapBox Terrain RGB

Microsoft

• Azure Maps (Basic)
• Azure Maps (Hybrid)
• Azure Maps (Labels)
• Azure Maps (Satellite)
• Bing Maps Tiles (preview only – use Cadcorp Tile Service to add layer to Bing Maps)
• Bing Maps Tiles (Aerial with Labels)
• Bing Maps Tiles (Aerial)
• Bing Maps Tiles (Roads)

NASA

• NASA World Wind global datasets 

Open Geospatial Consortium

• OGC Web Map Service (WMS)
• OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
• OGC Web Feature Service (WFS)
• OGC API – Maps
• OGC API – Tiles
• OGC API – Features

OpenStreetMap

• OpenRailwayMap
• OpenSeaMap
• OpenStreetMap Tile Services

OS (GB) Data Hub 

• OS Features API
• OS Maps API
• OS Vector Tile API
• OS National Geographic Database (NGD) API – Features

OSGeo

• OSGeo Tile Map Service 

Stamen Design

• Stamen Design ‘Terrain’ tiles
• Stamen Design ‘Toner lite’ tiles
• Stamen Design ‘Toner’ tiles
• Stamen Design ‘Watercolor’ tiles

Thunderforest

• Thunderforest OpenCycleMap
• Thunderforest Landscape
• Thunderforest Outdoors

Other

• GDAL Web Map Service XML (*wmsxml)
• MapTiler
• Planet Basemaps
• Environment Agency Real Time flood-monitoring API (*.json)

Spatial Database Storage

Cadcorp 

• Cadcorp SIS ASCII BLOB format (Any Supported Database – read only)

Open Geospatial Consortium Specified Server Formats

• OGC Well-known Binary (WKB) format (Any Supported Database) 
• OGC Well-known Text (WKT) format (Any Supported Database) 
• OGC Geography Markup Language (GML) format (Any Supported Database) 
• OGC SQL92 (Any Database) 

ESRI 

• ESRI ArcSDE (Oracle – read only)

Microsoft 

• SQL Server Spatial 2008 and above

Oracle 

• Oracle 9i and above
• Oracle 10g or later GeoRaster (read and write) 
• Oracle 10g or later Network Model  (read and write)
• Oracle Application Server MapViewer (read only) 

Refractions Research 

• PostGIS 1.*, 2.* and 3.*
• PostGIS Raster