Vector drivers¶
Short name |
Long name |
Creation |
Geo-referencing |
Build requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aeronav FAA |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
AmigoCloud |
Yes |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
ESRI ArcObjects |
No |
No |
ESRI ArcObjects |
|
Arc/Info Generate |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Arc/Info Binary Coverage |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Arc/Info E00 (ASCII) Coverage |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Atlas BNA |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
AutoCAD DWG |
No |
Yes |
(internal libopencad provided) |
|
Carto |
Yes |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
Cloudant |
Yes |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
CouchDB/GeoCouch |
Yes |
Yes |
lilbcurl |
|
Comma Separated Value (.csv) |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web) |
No |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
DB2 Spatial |
Yes |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
Microstation DGN |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Microstation DGN v8 |
Yes |
Yes |
Open Design Alliance Teigha library |
|
DODS/OPeNDAP |
No |
Yes |
libdap |
|
AutoCAD DWG |
No |
No |
Open Design Alliance Teigha library |
|
AutoCAD DXF |
Yes |
No |
Built-in by default |
|
EDIGEO |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Google Earth Engine Data API |
No |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
Elasticsearch: Geographically Encoded Objects for Elasticsearch |
Yes |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
ESRIJSON / FeatureService driver |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB) |
Yes |
Yes |
FileGDB API library |
|
FlatGeobuf |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
FMEObjects Gateway |
No |
No |
FME |
|
GeoConcept text export |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
GeoJSON |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
GeoJSONSeq: sequence of GeoJSON features |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Geomedia MDB database |
No |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
GeoRSS : Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs libexpat) |
|
Geography Markup Language |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs Xerces or libexpat) |
|
Geography Markup Language (GML) driven by application schemas |
No |
Yes |
Xerces |
|
GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt) |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
GeoPackage vector |
Yes |
Yes |
libsqlite3 |
|
GPSBabel |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs GPX driver and libexpat) |
|
GPS Exchange Format |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs libexpat) |
|
GRASS Vector Format |
No |
Yes |
libgrass |
|
GPS TrackMaker |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Hydrographic Transfer Format |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
IDB |
Yes |
Yes |
Informix DataBlade |
|
Idrisi Vector (.VCT) |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
“INTERLIS 1” and “INTERLIS 2” drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
Xerces |
|
“INTERLIS 1” and “INTERLIS 2” drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
Xerces |
|
INGRES |
Yes |
No |
INGRESS |
|
JML: OpenJUMP JML format |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs libexpat) |
|
Keyhole Markup Language |
Yes |
Yes |
(read support needs libexpat) |
|
LIBKML Driver (.kml .kmz) |
Yes |
Yes |
libkml |
|
MapML |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Access MDB databases |
No |
No |
JDK/JRE and Jackcess |
|
Memory |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
MapInfo TAB and MIF/MID |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
MongoDB |
Yes |
Yes |
Mongo C++ client legacy library |
|
MongoDBv3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Mongo CXX >= 3.4.0 client library |
|
Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Database |
Yes |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
MVT: Mapbox Vector Tiles |
Yes |
Yes |
(requires SQLite and GEOS for write support) |
|
MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
MySQL library |
|
ALKIS |
No |
Yes |
Xerces |
|
Vector |
Yes |
Yes |
libnetcdf |
|
NextGIS Web |
No |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
UK .NTF |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
OGC API - Features |
No |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
Oracle Spatial |
Yes |
Yes |
OCI library |
|
ODBC RDBMS |
No |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
Open Document Spreadsheet |
Yes |
No |
libexpat |
|
OGDI Vectors |
No |
Yes |
OGDI library |
|
OpenAir Special Use Airspace Format |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
ESRI File Geodatabase (OpenFileGDB) |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
OpenStreetMap XML and PBF |
No |
Yes |
libsqlite3 (and libexpat for OSM XML) |
|
Geospatial PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
none for write support, Poppler/PoDoFo/PDFium for read support |
|
Planetary Data Systems TABLE |
No |
No |
Built-in by default |
|
PostgreSQL / PostGIS |
Yes |
Yes |
PostgreSQL client library (libpq) |
|
PostgreSQL SQL Dump |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
ESRI Personal GeoDatabase |
No |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
PLScenes (Planet Labs Scenes/Catalog API) |
No |
No |
libcurl |
|
IHO S-57 (ENC) |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
ESRI ArcSDE |
No |
No |
ESRI SDE |
|
SDTS |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
SEG-P1 / UKOOA P1/90 |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
SEG-Y / SEGY |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Selafin files |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
ESRI Shapefile / DBF |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Norwegian SOSI Standard |
No |
No |
FYBA library |
|
SQLite / Spatialite RDBMS |
Yes |
Yes |
libsqlite3 or libspatialite |
|
Tim Newport-Peace’s Special Use Airspace Format |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Scalable Vector Graphics |
No |
Yes |
libexpat |
|
SXF |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
U.S. Census TIGER/Line |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
TopoJSON driver |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format |
No |
Yes |
libsqlite3 |
|
Virtual Format |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
Walk Spatial Data |
No |
Yes |
ODBC library |
|
WAsP .map format |
Yes |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
|
OGC WFS service |
No |
Yes |
libcurl |
|
MS Excel format |
No |
No |
libfreexl |
|
MS Office Open XML spreadsheet |
Yes |
No |
libexpat |
|
X-Plane/Flightgear aeronautical data |
No |
Yes |
Built-in by default |
- Aeronav FAA
- AmigoCloud
- ESRI ArcObjects
- ARCGEN - Arc/Info Generate
- Arc/Info Binary Coverage
- Arc/Info E00 (ASCII) Coverage
- BNA - Atlas BNA
- CAD -- AutoCAD DWG
- Carto
- Cloudant -- Cloudant
- CouchDB - CouchDB/GeoCouch
- Comma Separated Value (.csv)
- CSW - OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web)
- DB2 Spatial
- Microstation DGN
- Microstation DGN v8
- DODS/OPeNDAP
- AutoCAD DWG
- AutoCAD DXF
- Google Earth Engine Data API
- EDIGEO
- Elasticsearch: Geographically Encoded Objects for Elasticsearch
- ESRIJSON / FeatureService driver
- ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB)
- FlatGeobuf
- FMEObjects Gateway
- GeoConcept text export
- GeoJSON
- GeoJSONSeq: sequence of GeoJSON features
- Geomedia MDB database
- GeoRSS : Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds
- GMLAS - Geography Markup Language (GML) driven by application schemas
- GML - Geography Markup Language
- GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt)
- GPKG -- GeoPackage vector
- GPSBabel
- GPX - GPS Exchange Format
- GRASS Vector Format
- GTM - GPS TrackMaker
- HTF - Hydrographic Transfer Format
- IDB
- Idrisi Vector (.VCT)
- "INTERLIS 1" and "INTERLIS 2" drivers
- INGRES
- JML: OpenJUMP JML format
- KML - Keyhole Markup Language
- LIBKML Driver (.kml .kmz)
- MapML
- Access MDB databases
- Memory
- MapInfo TAB and MIF/MID
- MongoDB
- MongoDBv3
- MSSQLSpatial - Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Database
- MVT: Mapbox Vector Tiles
- MySQL
- NAS - ALKIS
- NetCDF: Network Common Data Form - Vector
- NGW -- NextGIS Web
- UK .NTF
- OGC API - Features
- Oracle Spatial
- ODBC RDBMS
- ODS - Open Document Spreadsheet
- OGDI Vectors
- OpenAir - OpenAir Special Use Airspace Format
- ESRI File Geodatabase (OpenFileGDB)
- OSM - OpenStreetMap XML and PBF
- PDF -- Geospatial PDF
- PDS - Planetary Data Systems TABLE
- PostgreSQL SQL Dump
- ESRI Personal GeoDatabase
- PostgreSQL / PostGIS
- PLScenes (Planet Labs Scenes/Catalog API)
- IHO S-57 (ENC)
- ESRI ArcSDE
- SDTS
- SEG-P1 / UKOOA P1/90
- SEG-Y / SEGY
- Selafin files
- ESRI Shapefile / DBF
- Norwegian SOSI Standard
- SQLite / Spatialite RDBMS
- SUA - Tim Newport-Peace's Special Use Airspace Format
- SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
- Storage and eXchange Format - SXF
- U.S. Census TIGER/Line
- TopoJSON driver
- VDV - VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format
- VFK - Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format
- VRT -- Virtual Format
- Walk - Walk Spatial Data
- WAsP - WAsP .map format
- WFS - OGC WFS service
- XLS - MS Excel format
- XLSX - MS Office Open XML spreadsheet
- X-Plane/Flightgear aeronautical data