New download file formats
By Ed Corkery on Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pmKoordinates has added some new file formats to our download file format list:
- MapInfo TAB. The default file format for Pitney Bowes MapInfo.
- CSV (Comma Separated Values). A text format commonly used by spreadsheet software.
- TIFF/GeoTIFF – a very common high-quality image format, commonly used for aerial and satellite imagery.
They join our existing formats:
- Shapefile. The most common GIS file format, originally designed by ESRI.
- DWG. A common CAD format, which supports linked imagery.
- JPEG/GeoJPEG. A common imagery format.
- KML. The Google Earth format, commonly supported by other software.
- KMZ. The compressed Google Earth format, not commonly supported by other software.
You can read an explanation of the Koordinates download system here.
