| Format Name |
Code |
Creation |
Georeferencing |
Compiled by default |
| Aeronav FAA files
| AeronavFAA
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| AmigoCloud API
| AmigoCloud
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| ESRI ArcObjects
| ArcObjects
| No
| Yes
| No, needs ESRI ArcObjects
|
| Arc/Info Binary Coverage
| AVCBin
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage
| AVCE00
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Arc/Info Generate
| ARCGEN
| No
| No
| Yes
|
| Atlas BNA
| BNA
| Yes
| No
| Yes
|
| AutoCAD DWG
| CAD
| No
| Yes
| Yes (internal libopencad provided)
|
| AutoCAD DWG
| DWG
| No
| No
| No, needs Open Design Alliance Teigha library
|
| AutoCAD DXF
| DXF
| Yes
| No
| Yes
|
| Carto
| Carto
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| Cloudant / CouchDB
| Cloudant
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| CouchDB / GeoCouch
| CouchDB
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| Comma Separated Value (.csv)
| CSV
| Yes
| No
| Yes
|
| OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web)
| CSW
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format
| VFK
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libsqlite3
|
| DB2 Spatial
| DB2ODBC
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| DODS/OPeNDAP
| DODS
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libdap
|
| Google Earth Engine Data API
| EEDA
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| EDIGEO
| EDIGEO
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| ElasticSearch
| ElasticSearch
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| ESRI FileGDB
| FileGDB
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs FileGDB API library
|
| ESRI Personal GeoDatabase
| PGeo
| No
| Yes
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| ESRI ArcSDE
| SDE
| No
| Yes
| No, needs ESRI SDE
|
| ESRIJSON
| ESRIJSON
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| ESRI Shapefile / DBF
| ESRI Shapefile
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| FMEObjects Gateway
| FMEObjects Gateway
| No
| Yes
| No, needs FME
|
| GeoJSON
| GeoJSON
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| GeoJSONSeq
| GeoJSON sequences
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Géoconcept Export
| Geoconcept
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Geomedia .mdb
| Geomedia
| No
| No
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| GeoPackage
| GPKG
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libsqlite3
|
| GeoRSS
| GeoRSS
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (read support needs libexpat)
|
| Google Fusion Tables
| GFT
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| GML
| GML
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (read support needs Xerces or libexpat)
|
| GMLAS
| GMLAS
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (requires Xerces)
|
| GMT
| GMT
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| GPSBabel
| GPSBabel
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (needs GPSBabel and GPX driver)
|
| GPX
| GPX
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (read support needs libexpat)
|
| GRASS Vector Format
| GRASS
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libgrass
|
| GPSTrackMaker (.gtm, .gtz)
| GPSTrackMaker
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Hydrographic Transfer Format
| HTF
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Idrisi Vector (.VCT)
| Idrisi
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Informix DataBlade
| IDB
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs Informix DataBlade
|
| INTERLIS
| "Interlis 1" and "Interlis 2"
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs Xerces
|
| INGRES
| INGRES
| Yes
| No
| No, needs INGRESS
|
| JML
| OpenJUMP .jml
| Yes
| No
| Yes (read support needs libexpat)
|
| KML
| KML
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (read support needs libexpat)
|
| LIBKML
| LIBKML
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libkml
|
| Mapinfo File
| MapInfo File
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Microstation DGN v7
| DGN
| Yes
| No
| Yes
|
| Microstation DGN v8
| DGNv8
| Yes
| No
| No, needs Open Design Alliance Teigha library
|
| Access MDB (PGeo and Geomedia capable)
| MDB
| No
| Yes
| No, needs JDK/JRE
|
| Memory
| Memory
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| MongoDB
| MongoDB
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs Mongo C++ client library
|
| Mapbox Vector Tiles
| MVT
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (requires SQLite and GEOS for write support)
|
| MySQL
| MySQL
| No
| Yes
| No, needs MySQL library
|
| NAS - ALKIS
| NAS
| No
| Yes
| No, needs Xerces
|
| NetCDF
| netCDF
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libnetcdf
|
| NextGIS Web
| NGW
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| Oracle Spatial
| OCI
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs OCI library
|
| ODBC
| ODBC
| No
| Yes
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| MS SQL Spatial
| MSSQLSpatial
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| Open Document Spreadsheet
| ODS
| Yes
| No
| No, needs libexpat
|
| OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW)
| OGDI
| No
| Yes
| No, needs OGDI library
|
| OpenAir
| OpenAir
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| ESRI FileGDB
| OpenFileGDB
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| OpenStreetMap XML and PBF
| OSM
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libsqlite3 (and libexpat for OSM XML)
|
| PCI Geomatics Database File
| PCIDSK
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes, using internal PCIDSK SDK (from GDAL 1.7.0)
|
| Geospatial PDF
| PDF
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes (read supports need libpoppler or libpodofo support)
|
| PDS
| PDS
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Planet Labs Scenes API
| PLScenes
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| PostgreSQL SQL dump
| PGDump
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| PostgreSQL/PostGIS
| PostgreSQL/PostGIS
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs PostgreSQL client library (libpq)
|
| EPIInfo .REC
| REC
| No
| No
| Yes
|
| S-57 (ENC)
| S57
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| SDTS
| SDTS
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| SEG-P1 / UKOOA P1/90
| SEGUKOOA
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| SEG-Y
| SEGY
| No
| No
| Yes
|
| Selafin/Seraphin format
| Selafin
| Yes
| Partial (only EPSG code)
| Yes
|
| Norwegian SOSI Standard
| SOSI
| No
| Yes
| No, needs FYBA library
|
| SQLite/SpatiaLite
| SQLite
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libsqlite3 or libspatialite
|
| SUA
| SUA
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| SVG
| SVG
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libexpat
|
| Storage and eXchange Format
| SXF
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| U.S. Census TIGER/Line
| TIGER
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| TopoJSON
| TopoJSON
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| UK .NTF
| UK. NTF
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| VDV-451/VDV-452/IDF
| VDV
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| VRT - Virtual Datasource
| VRT
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|
| Walk
| Walk
| No
| Yes
| No, needs ODBC library
|
| WAsP .map format
| WAsP
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
| OGC WFS (Web Feature Service)
| WFS
| Yes
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| OGC WFS 3.0 (Web Feature Service) (experimental)
| WFS3
| No
| Yes
| No, needs libcurl
|
| MS Excel format
| XLS
| No
| No
| No, needs libfreexl
|
| MS Office Open XML spreadsheet
| XLSX
| Yes
| No
| No, needs libexpat
|
| X-Plane/Flightgear aeronautical data
| XPLANE
| No
| Yes
| Yes
|