Supported Vector Formats
| Format | Extensions | Import | Export | Uses GDAL | Notes |
| Adobe Illustrator | ai | Y | Y | Gray fills can be mapped to elevations | |
| Arc/Info ASCII | Y | Y | E00 coverages, untested | ||
| Arc/Info Binary | Y | Y | Version 7 coverages, untested | ||
| BNA | bna | Y | Y | Untested | |
| CSV text | csv | Y | Y | Untested, geometry type usually limited to points | |
| DGN | dgn | Y | Y | Untested | |
| DXF generalized | dxf | Y1,2 | Y | Many entity types supported, including smoothed polylines | |
| DXF polylines | dxf | Y | Y | Legacy internal driver, may handle some files GDAL does not | |
| ESRI shapefile | shp | Y | Y | Dataset can be single-file or in multiple files in folder for multilayer import | |
| GeoConcept | gxt, txt | Y | Y | Untested | |
| GeoJSON shapefiles | Y | Y | Untested | ||
| GML | gml | Y | Y | Untested | |
| GMT | gmt | Y | Y | Untested | |
| GPS exchange | gpx | Y | Y | Untested | |
| IHO S-57 | 000 | Y | Y | Untested | |
| Keyhole Markup | kml | Y | Y | Untested | |
| MapInfo TAB/MIF/MID | tab, mif | Y | Y | Untested | |
| PGeo | Y | Y | Untested | ||
| EPInfo REC | rec | Y | Y | Untested | |
| SDTS TVP | ddf | Y | Y | Untested | |
| SVG | svg | Y | Y | ||
| TIGER/LINE | Y | Y | |||
| UKOS NTF | Y | Y | Untested | ||
| X-Plane/Flightgear | dat | Y | Y | Untested |
1. Not all format variants or features may work.
2. Algorithm based on reverse engineering instead of format specs.