Point Database Write Formats

Common Name	Extensions	Notes
dBase	*.dbf	III or higher
Microsoft Access	*.mdb	32-bit only, need 32-bit Microsoft Access ODBC drivers
Microsoft Excel	.xls, .xlsx
Open Document Spreadsheet	*.ods
Comma Separated Values	*.csv
SEG P1	*.seg	See Note 2
Shell Processing System	*.sps	See Note 2
Tab Separated Values	*.tsv
UKOOA P1/90	*.uko	See Note 2
SEG-Y	*.sgy	SEG-Y input data may only be written out as SEG-Y output
Other ASCII formats		See Note 1
Esri Shape	*.shp
Esri ArcInfo Generate	*.gen
AutoCAD	.dxf, .dwg
MapInfo Table	*.tab
MapInfo Interchange	*.mif
MicroStation Design	*.dgn
GML - Simple Features	*.gml
GPS Exchange Format	*.gpx
Keyhole Markup Language	*.kml

Data may also be written to an ODBC Database.

Data may be written to Spatial Databases. See Spatial Databases with Vector Data Conversions.

Note 1: In addition to supported file formats, you may create custom Text File Schemes. This functionality allows you to setup Import and Export of ASCII point databases on an individual basis. For example, for one project you may need to process a comma delimited data file. Another project may require you to process a file with header information and fixed length fields.

Note 2: The Point Database tab allows you to read in and write out from any of the supported formats, however we do not recommend that you translate between these noted formats: SPS, SEG, UKO.