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    Formats Supported by Global Mapper

    Viewing and Importing

    Global Mapper supports viewing of dozens of the most common data formats:

    ASPRS LIDAR LAS Files
    ASTER DEM and L1A/L1B Imagery and MODIS imagery
    Arc/Info ASCII Grid
    Arc/Info Binary Grid
    Arc/Info Export Format (E00)
    BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid) Files
    BIL/BSQ/BIP/RAW Imagery
    BT (Binary Terrain) Elevation Grid Files
    BigTIFF
    COLLADA 3D Models
    Canada 3D Files
    Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)
    DHM – Swiss DEM Files
    DTED (Digital Terrain Elevation Data) Format
    ERDAS Imagine Image Format
    GLOBE (Global Land 1-km Base Elevation) Data
    GSD (Swedish DEM Grid) Files
    GXF (Geosoft ASCII Grid) Files
    Geodas Grid (GRD98) Format
    Geosoft Binary Grid Files
    Global 2′ Elevation Data (ETOPO2)
    Global 30-arc-second Digital Elevation Data (GTOPO30)
    Gravsoft Grid Files
    HF2/HFZ Files
    HTF (Hydrographic Transfer Format)
    Hypack Matrix Files
    Idrisi Format
    International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Files
    Japanese DEM (JDEM/LEM/CSV) Format
    LizardTech MrSID MG4 Lidar
    NOAA TerrainBase Elevation Data
    NTF Grid/Contour Format
    PDS (Vicar) Files
    PLS-CADD XYZ Files
    QCT (Quick Chart) and QED Files
    SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
    STL Files
    Surfer Grid (ASCII and Binary) Format Files
    TerraScan .bin/.ts Format
    Terragen Terrain Format
    USGS Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
    USGS Digital Elevation Model, GeoTIFF Format
    USGS Digital Elevation Model, Spatial Data Transfer Standard Format (DEM/SDTS)
    USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) – ArcGrid, BIL, Grid Float Format
    Vertical Mapper (MapInfo) Grid/Clutter Files
    Vulcan3D Triangulation (.00t) Files
    Zmap Plus Grid Files

    ADRG Files
    ASRP (Arc Standard Raster Product) and USRP Files
    ASTER DEM and L1A/L1B Imagery and MODIS imagery
    BIL/BSQ/BIP/RAW Imagery
    BSB Nautical Charts
    BigTIFF
    CADRG and CIB Files
    ERDAS Imagine Image Format
    ERMapper Compressed Wavelet (ECW) Format
    Erdas GIS/LAN Files
    GRIB I and II Formats
    GeoPDF® Files
    Idrisi Format
    Intergraph COT Format
    JPEG Image with Embedded EXIF Position Information
    JPEG Image with World File
    JPEG2000 Files
    KML/KMZ Formats
    Landsat 7A FAST Format
    LizardTech MrSID Data
    MPR/MPH (German Topo Map) Files
    MapTech Nautical Charts (PCX Format)
    MapTech Topo Maps and Aerial Navigation Charts
    NITF – National Imagery Transmission Format
    NV Verlag Marine Charts
    OziExplorer OZFx2 and OZFx3 Formats
    PCX Files
    PGM Grayscale Grid Format
    PNG Image with World File
    QCT (Quick Chart) and QED Files
    RIK (Swedish Topo Map) Files
    USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), GeoTIFF Format
    USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), JPG w/ Native Header Format
    USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), Native USGS Format
    USGS Digital Raster Graphic (DRG)
    Vertical Mapper (MapInfo) Grid/Clutter Files
    Zoomify Format

    ASPRS LIDAR LAS Files
    Alberta Township System (ATS) Format
    Anuga Triangulated Mesh Format
    Arc/Info Export Format (E00)
    AutoCAD DWG (DraWinG) File
    AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange File)
    BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid) Files
    CDF (GES Cartographic Data Format)
    CML, CXF, and TAF (Italian Cadastral Exchange Formats)
    COLLADA 3D Models
    CompeGPS RTE, TRK, and WPT Formats
    DBF (DBase III+) Files
    DMDF (Digital Map Data Format) Format
    DeLorme Text Files
    Delft3D (LDB) Files
    EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile) Format
    ESRI Personal Geodatabase Format (MDB) Files
    ESRI Shapefiles
    FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) Files
    GML (Geography Markup Language) Format
    GPS TrackMaker
    GPX (GPS eXchange Format) Files
    Garmin PCX5 Format Waypoint (WPT), Route (RTE), and Track (TRK) Files
    Garmin TCX (Training Center Database) Files
    GeoPDF® Files
    HTF (Hydrographic Transfer Format)
    Idrisi Vector (VCT) Format
    JPEG Image with Embedded EXIF Position Information
    KML/KMZ Formats
    LMN (Spectra Line Management Node) Files
    LizardTech MrSID MG4 Lidar
    Lowrance LCM (MapCreate) Format
    Lowrance SonarViewer Format
    Lowrance USR
    MagicMaps IKT Files
    MapInfo MIF/MID and TAB/MAP Formats
    MapMaker DRA (Drawing) Files
    Marplot MIE Files
    MicroStation DGN Format
    NIMA GNS (GeoNet Names Server) Format
    NOAA DSDATA Geodetic Control, SDTS Format
    NTF Grid/Contour Format
    OCAD .OCD Files
    OpenStreetMap (OSM) Files
    OziExplorer Waypoint (WPT), Route (RTE), and Track (PLT) Files
    PLS-CADD XYZ Files
    Platte River ASCII Digitizer Format
    Polish MP (cGPSMapper) Format
    S-57 Digital Chart Files
    S-63 Encrypted Digital Chart Files
    SEGP1/UKOOA Seismic Shotpoint Format
    SMT KINGDOM Software Planimetric Polygon Format
    SOSI Files
    SPS (Shell Processing Support)
    STL Files
    Surfer BLN Files
    TAF (Italian Cadastral Exchange Format)
    TIGER/Line Files
    Tobin .bas (TDRBM II) Format
    TomTom OV2 Files
    USGS Digital Line Graph, Optional Format (DLG-O)
    USGS Digital Line Graph, Spatial Data Transfer Standard Format (DLG/SDTS)
    USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
    USGS Land Use and Land Cover Data (LULC)
    VPF (VMAP0, VMAP1, DNC) Files
    Vulcan3D Triangulation (.00t) Files
    WAsP .MAP Format
    XTF (eXtended Triton) Format

     

    Export Support

    You can export both vector, raster, and elevation data to a variety of formats (see below). You can merge any combination of data sets, regardless of source scale, type, and projection. You can also breakup your data into a regularly spaced grid on export if you’d like as well. Get more details about formats!

    Arc Ungenerate format
    AutoCAD DXF format
    CDF format
    CSV format
    Delft3D (LDB) format
    DeLorme Text/Drawing format
    DGN format
    DWG format
    ESRI Shapefile format
    Garmin PCX5 TRK and WPT formats
    GPX (GPS eXchange Format)
    KML/KMZ (Google Earth) formats
    InRoads ASCII format
    Landmark Graphics format
    Lidar LAS format
    Lowrance LCM format
    Lowrance USR format
    MapGen format
    MapInfo MIF/MID format
    MapInfo TAB/MAP format
    MatLab format
    MOSS format
    NIMA ASC format
    PDF (Geo-enabled) format
    Platte River ASCII Digitizer format
    PLS CADD XYZ Grid format
    Polish MP (cGPSMapper) format
    SEGP1 format
    Simple ASCII Text format
    Surfer BLN format
    SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) format
    TomTom OV2 (point database) format
    Tsunami OVR format
    UKOOA P/190 format
    USGS DLG-O format
    WAsP .MAP format
    ZMap Plus XYSegId format

    BIL/BIP/BSQ formats
    BMP
    ECW format
    Erdas Imagine format
    GeoTIFF format
    KML/KMZ raster format (including super overlay support)
    Idrisi format
    JPG format
    JPG2000 format
    NITF format
    PDF (Geo-enabled) format
    PNG format

    Arc ASCII Grid format
    BIL format
    BT (Binary Terrain) format
    DTED format
    DXF (3D-point, 3D-mesh, and 3D-face) formats
    Erdas Imagine format
    Float/Grid file format
    Geosoft Grid format
    GeoTIFF DEM format
    Gravsoft Grid format
    Idrisi format
    Leveller Heightfield format
    Lidar LAS format
    MapMaker Terrain file format
    Optimi Terrain file format
    PGM Grayscale Grid file format
    PLS CADD XYZ Grid file format
    RockWorks Grid format
    STL format
    Surfer Grid (ASCII and binary) formats
    Terragen Terrain file format
    USGS DEM format
    Vertical Mapper (MapInfo) Grid
    VRML format
    Vulcan3D Triangulation format
    XYZ ASCII Grid format
    Zmap Plus Grid format