Supported File Formats

Global Mapper supports the following file formats.

Name Import Export Batch Export Common Extension(s)
12D ASCII Model format •     *.12da, *.ascii
2DM Files (Aquaveo) • • • *.2DM
3D PDF Files • •   *.pdf
3DS Max Format •     *.3ds
7-Zip Archives •     *.7z
ACE/ACE2 (Altimeter Corrected Elevation) •     *.ace*; *.ace2*; *ace2.bin;
Adobe DNG (Digital Negative) •     *.dng
ADRG Files • • • *.THF
Alberta Township System (ATS) Format •     *.seq
AnuDEM Contour Text Files   • • *.gen;
ANUGA Rainfall and Greenland Terrain NETCDF format •     *.nc.gz
Anuga Triangulated Mesh Format •     *.tsh
Arc Ungenerate • • • *.dat
Arc Vector Coverage •     arc.adf; arc
Arc/Info ASCII Grid • • • *.asc; *.asc.gz; *.agr; *.agr.gz; *.grd; *.grd.gz
Arc/Info Binary Grid •     w001001.adf
Arc/Info Export Format (E00) • •   *.gz; *.e00
ArcGIS Layer Pack Files •     *.lpk
ARCS (British Admiralty) Marine Charts •     *.hdr
ASCII Text • • • *.asc; *.bln; *.bna; *.csv; *.dat; *.ldb; *.pts; *.txt; *.xyz; *.xyzi; *.xyz.gz
ASPRS LIDAR LAS Files • • • *.las
ASRP (Arc Standard Raster Product) • • • *.THF
ASTER DEM and L1A/L1B Imagery and MODIS imagery •     *.hdf; *.hdf0; *.hdf1; *.dat
ASTER GED (Global Emissivity Database) Files •     *.bag; *.bag.gz; *.nc; *.h5; *.hdf
ATLAS BNA (Boundary File) •     *.BNA
AutoCAD DWG (DraWinG) File • • • *.DWG
AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange File) • • • *.dxf; *.gz
AutoCAD DXF 3D Face/TIN, Mesh, Point • • • *.dxf; *.gz
Autodesk Filmbox FBX Files • • • *.fbx
Autodesk ReCAP RCP and RCS Files • •   *.rcp; *.rcs
AVS UCD Format • • • *.inp
BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid) Files •     *.bag
BigTIFF • • • *.tif*; *.itif*; *.gtif*; *.drg; *.dng; *.btf; *.fx3
BIL/BSQ/BIP/RAW Imagery • • • *.bil; *.bin; *.bip; *.bsq; *.raw; *.img; *.dem; *.cube; *.ima; *.
Bing Maps (Virtual Earth) Tiles • •   *.jpg, *.png
Blender .blend •     *.blend
Blue Marble Gridded Data • • • *.bgd
BMP • • • *.bmp
BPF (Binary Point File) Lidar Format •     *.bpf
BSB Nautical Charts • • • *.KAP; *.CAP
BT (Binary Terrain) Elevation Grid Files • • • *.bt
BYN (Natural Resources Canada Geoid) Grid •     *.byn
CADRG Files • •   *.??1; *.??2; *.??3; *.??4; *.??5; *.??6; *.??7; *.??8; *.??9; *.??A; *.??B; *.??C; *.??D; *.??E; *.??F; *.??G; *.??H; *.??J; *.ovr
Canada 3D Files •     can3d*
Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) • • • *.dem; *.dem.gz; *.dat; *.gz; *.1; *.2
Carlson 2015 binary grid files •     *.grd
Carlson GSF Geoid Grid •     *.gsf
Carlson SurvCAD Grid File •     *.grd
Carlson IDB File   •   *.idb
Cesium 3D Tiles   •   *glb
Cesium Terrain Tiles   •   *.terrain
CDF (GES Cartographic Data Format) • •   *.CDF; *.GES
CIB Files • •   *.??1; *.??2; *.??3; *.??4; *.??5; *.??6; *.??7; *.??8; *.??9; *.??A; *.??B; *.??C; *.??D; *.??E; *.??F; *.??G; *.??H; *.??J; *.ovr
CityGML •     *.gml; *.gml.gz;
CMIP5 HDF5 data sets with sea surface temperatures •     *.nc
CML, CXF, and TAF (Italian Cadastral Exchange Formats) •     *.cmf
CML, CXF, and TAF (Italian Cadastral Exchange Formats) *duplicate •     *.CXF
Cloud Optimized Geotiff   • • *.COG
Cogent3D .imagery Files •     *.imagery
Cogent3D .line, .point, and .poly Files •     *.line; *.point; *.poly
COLLADA 3D Models (DAE) • • • *.dae
CompeGPS RTE, TRK, and WPT Formats •     *.rte; *.trk; *.wpt
Copernicus Global Land Service (LAI, FCOVER, FAPAR, LCCS, NDVI, SSM, GDMP, DMP, LST, LSWT) •     *.nc
CORTAD (Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly) Files •      
Cosmo-SkyMed SCS (Complex Side-Look Radar Data) HDF5 Files •      
CPS-3 Grid Format •     *.cps3; *.cps; *.dat; *.grd; *.flt
CSV • • • *.csv
CTM DEM •     *.dem
Cyclone PTX •     *.ptx
DBF (DBase III+) Files •     *.DBF
DECC UK Wind Speed Data •     *.ASC
Delft3D (LDB) Files • •   *.ldb
DeLorme Text Files • •   *.txt; *.an1
DEM (generic) • • • *.dem
DHM - Swiss DEM Files •     *.mbl; *.mlt
Digital Bathymetric Data Base Variable Resolution (DBDB-V) •     *.zip
Distance / Profile line   •   *.txt, *.csv, *.tsv, *.xyz
DIVA GIS Grid •     *.grd
DMDF (Digital Map Data Format) Format •     *.dd1
DOI MMS Polygon •     *.gen
DOQ Quarter Quad (Old Format) •     *.doq
DTED (Digital Terrain Elevation Data) Format • • • *.dt?; *.avg; *.min; *.max; *.mmm
E57 Lidar Point Cloud Format (Export requires Pro license) • •   *.e57
EasyGPS .LOC File •     *.loc
ECRG (Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphics) • • • toc.xml
ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) Format • • • *.ecw
EDIGEO Exchange format files •     *.thf
EGM (Earth Gravitational Model) •     *egm2008*; *egm2008*.gz
EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile) Format •     *.emf
ENVI .ima multi-band imagery layers •     *.ima
ENVI DEM •     *.dat; *.envi; *.hdr
Erdas GIS/LAN Files •     *.gis; *.lan; *.gz
ERDAS Imagine Image Format • • • *.img
ERMapper Grid • • • *.ers
ESA CCI Soil Moisture NetCDF Files •      
ESRI File Geodatabase Format (Vector only) • •   *.gdb
ESRI RESTful Feature Service •      
ESRI RESTful/Google Maps Tiles •      
Esri Scene Layer Package (SLPK) (Point Clouds Only) •     *.slpk
ESRI Shapefiles • • • *.shp
ESRI TIN File •     *.adf
ESRI XML Workspace Files •     *.xml
ESRI zLas Lidar •     *.zlas
FAA INM 3TX Format • •   *.3TX
FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) Files •     CO.dat
Garmin Flight Plan XML •     *.fpl
Garmin JNX Format • • • *.kmz; *.jnx
Garmin PCX5 Format Waypoint (WPT), Route (RTE), and Track (TRK) Files • • • *.trk; *.wpt; *.grm
Garmin TCX (Training Center Database) Files •     *.TCX
GEBCO 2019 Data and SID Grids •     *.nc
GEBCO 2020 HDF5 •     *.nc
Generalized Overlay Graphics   • • *.gog
Generic Binary Vector Data •      
GeoExpress (Extensis) MrSID Data • • • *.sid
GeoExpress(Extensis) MrSID MG4 Lidar •     *.sid
Geodas Grid (GRD98) Format •     *.g98
GeoJSON Format • • • *.geojson; *.json
GeoSLAM •     .geoslam .laz
Geomedia Access Warehouse •     *.mdb
GeoPDF® Files •     *.PDF
Geosoft Binary Grid Files • • • *.ggf; *.grd
Geospatial PDF • • • *.PDF
Geotiff • • • *.tif*; *.itif*; *.gtif*; *.drg; *.dng; *.btf; *.fx3
Geotiff pyramids / overview files •     *.rrd, *.ovr, *.aux
GGMplus Gravity Grid Files •     *.ga; *.dg; *.xi; *.eta; *.ha
GIF •     *.gif
Global 2' Elevation Data (ETOPO2) •     *.dos
Global 30-arc-second Digital Elevation Data (GTOPO30) •     gt30*.dem;
Global Mapper Grid • • • *.gmg
Global Mapper Map Catalog • •   *.gmc
Global Mapper Mobile • •   *.gmmp
Global Mapper Package • • • *.gmp
Global Mapper Pixels to Points Workspace Files • •   *.gmp2p, *.gmi2c
GLOBE (Global Land 1-km Base Elevation) Data •     *.bin
GlobeLand30 Land Cover •      
GLTF (GL Transmission Format) and GLB (GL Transmission Binary) • •   *.gltf, *.glb
GML (Geography Markup Language) Format •     *.gml; *.gml.gz; *.gz
Google Maps Tiles • •   *.jpg;*.png
GPS TrackMaker •     *.gtm; *.gtm.gz
GPX (GPS eXchange Format) Files • • • *.gpx; *.bdx
Gravsoft Grid Files • • • *.gri; *.grd
GRIB I and II Formats •     *.grb; *.grb2; *.grib; *.grib2; *.bin
Ground Control Point List Files • •   *.gcp
GRT Geoid Grid Files •     *.grt
GSB (NTv2 Grid Shift) •     *.GSB; *.GSB2
GSD (Swedish DEM Grid) Files •     *.gsd
GSF (General Sensor Format) Files •     *.mb121; *.mb121.gz
GTX (Vdatum) Geoid Grid •     *.gtx
GvLF Lidar database format (.gvl) •     *.gvl
GXF (Geosoft ASCII Grid) Files •     *.gxf
HCRF (Hydrographic Chart Raster Format) File •     *.hdr
HDF (ASTER DEM, MODIS) •     *.hdf; *.hdf0; *.hdf1; *.dat
HDF5 (Landsat 8, Modis NDVI, NSIDC Ice Velocity, SPEI, AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature, VIIRS, TRMM, ASTER GED, CMIP5, Cosmo-SkyMed SCS, and custom) •     *.bag; *.bag.gz; *.nc; *.h5; *.hdf
HDF5 mesh and simulation results (Aquaveo SMS) •     *.h5
HEC-RAS HDF5 Geometry and Terrain Files •     *p01.hdf, *.p02.hdf, *.g01.hdf, *.hdf
HEC-RAS Data Exchange Format Files • •   *.SDF
Helava DEM •     *.dte
HF2/HFZ Files • • • *.hf2; *.hfz; *.hf2.gz; *.gz
HRE - High Resolution Elevation Format •     *.hr1, *.hr2, *.hr3, *.hr4, *.hr5, *.hr6, *.hr7, *.hr8, *.hrz
HTF (Hydrographic Transfer Format) •     *.htf
Hydra Terra/Clutter Grid •     *.Z1T; *.Z3T; *.Z1C; *.ZHT; *.PAT; *.PAL
Hypack Channel •     *.chn
Hypack LNW (Planned Line) Files • •   *.lnw
Hypack Matrix Files •     *.mtx
Hypack RAW GPS Log Files •     *.raw
Idrisi Format • • • *.rst; *.img
Idrisi Vector (VCT) Format •     *.vct
IFC Model Format •     *.ifc
IGF DIS Terrain Files •     *.dis
IHS Well Files •     *.97f; *.97c; *.98f; *.98c; *.txt
Images with Embedded EXIF Position Information (JPG and PNG) •     *.jpg, *.png
India Military MDB •     *.mdb
Industry Foundation Class (IFC) •     *.ifc
InRoads ASCII format • • • *.asc, *.txt
Intelligent Image Quality (Phase One) •     *.IIQ
Intergraph COT Format •     *.COT; *.CIT
Intermap DIG •     *.dig
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Files •     *.grd; *.gz; *.nc; *.cdf; *.sww; *.sts
ioGAS •     *.gas
Japanese DEM (JDEM/LEM/CSV/XML) Format •     *.mem; *.lem; *.mem.gz; *.lem.gz
Japanese GML DEM •     *dem*.xml
JPEG Image with World File • • • *.jpg; *.jpeg; *.dta; *.png; *.bmp
JPEG2000 Files • • • *.jp2; *.j2k; *.jpf; *.jpx
JPGIS (Japanese DEM) XML Format •     *.xml
KML/KMZ Formats (Raster , Vector) • • • *.kml; *.kmz
Kongsberg SIS Plan Format • •   *.asciiplan
Landmark Graphics Vector Files • • • *.asc
Landsat 7A FAST Format •     *_MTL.FST; *_MTL.L1G
Landsat 8 Imagery (HDF5 Format) •     *.nc
LandXML • •   *.xml
LCV (Land Cover/Clutter RadioMobile) •     *.lcv
Leica PTS Lidar Point Cloud Format • • • *.pts
Leveller Heightfield   • • *.ter
Lidar Las (non asprs) • • • *.las; *.las.gz;
LIDAR LAZ (Compressed LAS) Files • • • *.laz; *.bin
LMN (Spectra Line Management Node) Files • •   *.lmn
LogASCII (LAS) Files •     *.las
Lowrance LCM (MapCreate) Format   •   *.lcm
Lowrance SL2 Sonar Log CSV files • •   *.csv
Lowrance SonarViewer/SonarLog (SLG) Format • •   *.slg
Lowrance USR • • • *.usr
MagicMaps IKT Files •     *.IKT
MapBox MBTiles Format • •   *.mbtiles; *.sqlite
MapBox Vector Tiles Format • •   *.mbtiles
MapGen • • • *.dat
MapInfo MIF/MID and TAB/MAP Formats • • • *.mif; *.tab
MapMaker DRA (Drawing) Files •     *.dra
MapMaker Terrain File • • • *.ter
MapTech Nautical Charts (PCX Format) •     *.hdr
MapTech Topo Maps and Aerial Navigation Charts •      
Marplot MIE Files •     *.mie
Matlab • • • *.dat
MB-System MB56 Format •     *.mb56
MicroDEM DEM •     *.dem
Micropath 3CD Format •     *.3CD
Micropath NED Files •     *.mpz
Microsoft Access Database • •   *.mdb
Microsoft Excel •     *.xls, *.xlsx
Microsoft SQL • •    
MicroStation DGN Format • • • *.dgn
Moss file • • • *.mss; *.inp
MPR/MPH (German Topo Map) Files •     *.MPR
MSI Planet Format •     *_dtm; height*; hgt_*; *.dat; *.bin; *.he; *.cl
MySQL Spatial Database • •    
NDVI (MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) HDF5 Files •      
NetCDF •     *.nc
NIMA ASC/ASZ • • • *.asc, *.asz
NIMA GNS (GeoNet Names Server) Format •     *.txt
NITF - National Imagery Transmission Format • • • *.NTF; *.NTF*; *.NSF; *.HR?
NMEA data • •    
NMF (ArcGIS Explorer Map) Format •     *.nmf
NMGF (Noise Model Grid Format) •     *.grd
NOAA DSDATA Geodetic Control, SDTS Format •      
NOAA TerrainBase Elevation Data •     *.bin; *.bin.gz;
NOAA/NGA Geoid binary grid shift files •      
NOAA/NGS Geoid Model Format • •   *.asc, *.asc.gz
NOS/GEO Marine Charts •     *.GEO
Nsidc Ice Velocity Extraction (Golive) •      
NTF Grid/Contour Format •     *.NTF
NV Verlag Marine Charts •     *.EAP
OBJ (3D Printing) • •   *.obj
OBJ (Wavefront) • • • *.obj
OCAD .OCD Files •     *.ocd
OGC GeoPackage • •   *.gpkg
OpenAir Airspace Format •     *.txt, *.air
OpenFlight (Presagis) Files • •   *.flt
OpenStreetMap (OSM) Files and XML • • • *.OSM; *.OSM.XML
OpenStreetMap (PBF) •     *.osm.pbf
Optimi Grid (Terrain or Clutter) • • • *.ter; *.clu
Oracle Spatial Database • •    
Orca XML   •    
OSM Tile List •     *.txt
OziExplorer OZFx2 and OZFx3 Formats •     *.ozf2; *.ozfx3
OziExplorer Waypoint (WPT), Route (RTE), and Track (PLT) Files •     *.plt; *.rte; *.wpt
Panorama GIS SXF •     *.sxf
Pathfinder AVHRR (Sea Surface Temperature) Files •      
PCI Geomatics PIX Files •     *.pix
PCI RAW/AUX •     *.raw
PCX Files • • • *.PCX
PDS (Vicar) Files •     *.img
PGM Grayscale Grid Format   • • *.pgm
Platte River ASCII Digitizer Format • • • *.dat
PLS-CADD XYZ Files • • • *.xyz
PLY (Stanford Polygon Library) • • • *.ply
PNG Image with World File • • • *.png; *.jpg; *.bmp
Polish MP (cGPSMapper) Format • • • *.MP
PostGIS Spatial Database • •    
QCT (Quick Chart) and QED Files •     *.qed, *.QCT
Raster Product Format Frame Files • •   *.??1; *.??2; *.??3; *.??4; *.??5; *.??6; *.??7; *.??8; *.??9; *.??A; *.??B; *.??C; *.??D; *.??E; *.??F; *.??G; *.??H; *.??J; *.ovr
RAW Imagery BIL/BSQ/BIP/RAW Imagery • • • *.raw
RDTED (Re-gridded DTED) Files •     a.toc
RIK (Swedish Topo Map) Files •     *.RIK
RMaps SQLite Format • •   *.sqlitedb
Rockworks Grid • • • *.grd
Rockworks XML Grid •     *.RwGrd
S-57 Digital Chart Files with S-52 symbols •     *.000
S-63 Encrypted Digital Chart Files •     *.000
SAGA GIS Grid •     *.sdat
SEGP1 Seismic Shotpoint Format • • • *.seg; *.sp1; *.p190; *.sht; *.190; *.uko*
SEGY Seismic Shotpoint Format •     *.sgy
SketchUp • • • *.skp
SMT KINGDOM Software Planimetric Polygon Format • • • *.plg; *.dat; *.txt
SOSI Files • • • *.sos
Spatialite • •   *.sqlite
SPEI (Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index) Files •      
SPS (Shell Processing Support) •     *.s; *.r; *.sps; *.rps; *.s01; *.r01
SQLite • •    
SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) • •   *.hgt; *.srtm; *.dem; *.gz
STL (StereoLithography) Files • • • *.stl
Surfer BLN Files • • • *.bln
Surfer Grid (ASCII and Binary) Format Files • • • *.grd; *.grd.gz
SVG   • •  
Swedish DEM Grid •     *.dat
SXF files (Panorama GIS) •     *.sxf
Table Formatted Aeronautical Data Set-Obstacles (TFADS-O) • •   *.txt
TAF (Italian Cadastral Exchange Format) •     *.taf
Terragen Terrain Format   • • *.ter
TerraScan .bin/.ts Format •     *.ts; *.bin
TerraScan Trajectory •     *.trj
TIGER/Line Files •     *.rt1
Tile server (ESRI Restful, etc.) •      
TMC Locations Files •     points.dat
TMS (Tile Map Service) Tiles • •    
Tobin .bas (TDRBM II) Format •     *.bas
Tobin WCS (Well Coordinate Service) •     *.WCS
TomTom OV2 Files   • • *.ov2
Trimble Field Level Survey and Applied XML •     *.xml
Trimble GGF Geoid Grid • • • *.ggf
Trimble WM applied survey XML files •      
TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) HDF5 Files •     *.bin; *.bin.gz
Tsunami OVR • • • *.ovr
U3D (Universal 3D) • •   *.u3d
UKOOA p1/90 Seismic Shotpoint Format • • • *.seg; *.sp1; *.p190; *.sht; *.190; *.uko*
UKOOA P6/98 Seismic Binning Grid •     *.p698; *.698
Unity RAW Terrain/Texture   •    
US Geoid09 Grid •     *.bin
USRP Files • •   *.THF
USGS Digital Elevation Model (DEM) • • • *.dem; *.dem.gz; *.dat; *.gz; *.1; *.2
USGS Digital Elevation Model, GeoTIFF Format • • • *.tif, *.tiff
USGS Digital Elevation Model, Spatial Data Transfer Standard Format (DEM/SDTS) •     *catd.ddf
USGS Digital Line Graph, Optional Format (DLG-O) • • • *.dlg; *.do; *.opt; *.cdo; *.do.gz; *.opt.gz; *.cdo.gz; *.tvc.gz; *.gz; *.0sf; *.0af; *.tvc
USGS Digital Line Graph, Spatial Data Transfer Standard Format (DLG/SDTS) •     *catd.ddf
USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), GeoTIFF Format • • • *.tif*
USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), JPG w/ Native Header Format •     *.jpg
USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ), Native USGS Format •     *.sec; *.nec; *.swc; *.nwc
USGS Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) • • • *.drg
USGS EarthExplorer Coverage CSV Files •     *.csv
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) •     *.gnis, *.csv
USGS Land Use and Land Cover Data (LULC) •     *.lulc; *.gz; *.gir
USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) - ArcGrid, BIL, Grid Float Format • • • *_fp; demfloat; *.flt
USGS National Map Coverage CSV files •     *.csv
USGS Standard Format (SF) Binary Grid •     *.grd
Vertical Mapper (MapInfo) Grid/Clutter Files • • • *.grd; *.grc
VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) HDF5 Files •      
VPF (VMAP0, VMAP1, DNC) Files •     dht
VRML, VRML World File   • • *wrz, *wrz.gl
Vulcan3D Triangulation (.00t) Files • • • *.00t
WAsP .MAP Format • • • *.map
WAsP Resource Grid •     *.wrg; *.rsf
WCS (Web Coverage Service) •      
WFS (Web Feature Service) •      
WindSim GWS • •   *.gws
WMS (Web Map Service) •      
WMTS (Tiled WMS) •      
World Wind Tiles   •   *.xml, *.jpg
World Vector Shoreline Format XTide •     *.dat
XTF (eXtended Triton) Format •     *.xtf
XY Color text file • • • *.txt, *.csv, *.tsv, *.xyz
XY Harris Multilayer   • •  
XYZI • • • *xyzi
XYZ Text File (Vectors) • • • *.xyz
XYZ Grid and SmartGrid (Terrain) • • • *.xyz
ZFS (Z+F) Lidar •     *.zfs
Zmap Plus Grid Files • • • *.asc; *.dat; *.zgf
ZMap+ Fault Polygon Text Files •     *.dat
ZMap+ IsoMap Line and XYSegID Text Files • • • *.dat, *.txt
Zoomify Format   •