GIS file format

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of vector GIS file formats.

A GIS file format is a standard of encoding geographical information into a file.

Images may be encoded using special GIS file formats or be accompanied by a world file.

FRS through the Envirofacts Home page ( ww.epa.gov/enviro) offers a geospatial Dwonlaod Service in various GIS file formats to allow greater access to the facility data.

ArcGIS Explorer a lightweight client for ArcGIS Server, supports WMS and many other GIS file formats.

"OGR with OGDI driver": this free software tool can convert VMAP format to standard GIS file formats such as SHAPE, PostGIS etc.