File Formats

Vector Features

Wildcat supports the following vector feature file formats:

Format

Description

Extensions

CSV

Comma Separated Value

.csv

DGN

Microstation DGN

.dgn

DXF

AutoCAD DXF

.dxf

FlatGeobuf

FlatGeobuf

.fgb

GML

Geography Markup Language

.gml, .xml

GPKG

GeoPackage vector

.gpkg

GPX

GPS Exchange Format

.gpx

GeoJSON

GeoJSON

.json, .geojson

GeoJSONSeq

Sequence of GeoJSON features

.geojsons, .geojsonl

MapInfo File

MapInfo TAB and MIF/MID

.tab, .mid, .mif

OGR_GMT

GMT ASCII Vectors

.gmt

OpenFileGDB

ESRI File Geodatabase Vector

.gdb

Shapefile

ESRI Shapefile / DBF

.shp, .dbf, .shz, .shp.zip

SQLite

SQLite / Spatialite RDBMS

.sqlite, .db

The values in the first column are the supported values of the format setting for the export command. Input vector datasets may use any of these formats. If the file path for an input vector dataset is missing an extension, then wildcat will scan the extensions in the third column for a matching file.

Rasters

Wildcat supports the following raster file formats:

Format

Description

Extensions

ADRG

ADRG/ARC Digitized Raster Graphics

.gen

BMP

Bitmap

.bmp

BT

VTP Binary Terrain Format

.bt

BYN

Natural Resources Canada’s Geoid file format

.byn, .err

EHdr

ESRI labelled hdr

.bil

ERS

ERMapper

.ers

GTiff

GeoTIFF File Format

.tif, .tiff

HFA

Erdas Imagine

.img

ILWIS

Raster Map

.mpr, .mpl

ISIS3

USGS Astrogeology ISIS Cube (Version 3)

.lbl, .cub

KRO

KOLOR Raw Format

.kro

MFF

Vexcel MFF Raster

.hdr

NITF

National Imagery Transmission Format

.ntf

NTv2

NTv2 Datum Grid Shift

.gsb, .gvb

NWT_GRD

Northwood/Verticall Mapper File Format

.grd

PCIDSK

PCD Geomatics Database File

.pix

PCRaster

PCRaster raster file format

.map

PDS4

NASA Planetary Data System (Version 4)

.xml

RMF

Raster Matrix Format

.rsw

SAGA

SAGA GIS Binary Grid File Format

.sdat, .sg-grd-z

Terragen

Terragen Terrain File

.ter

USGSDEM

USGS ASCII DEM (and CDED)

.dem

VRT

GDAL Virtual Format

.vrt

Input raster datasets may use any of these formats. If the file path for an input raster dataset is missing an extension, then wildcat will scan the extensions in the third column for a matching file.