Editing GIS file format (section)

===Example vector file formats===
{{see also|Comparison of GIS vector file formats}}
Formats commonly in current usage:
*[[Shapefile]] – a popular vector data GIS format, developed by [[Esri]]
*[[Geography Markup Language]] (GML) – XML based open standard (by [[OpenGIS]]) for GIS data exchange
*[[GeoJSON]] – a lightweight format based on [[JSON]], used by many open source GIS packages
*[[GeoMedia]] – [[Intergraph]]'s [[Microsoft Access]] based format for spatial vector storage
*[[Keyhole Markup Language]] (KML) – XML based open standard (by [[OpenGIS]]) for GIS data exchange
*[[MapInfo TAB format]] – [[MapInfo Corporation|MapInfo]]'s vector data format using TAB, DAT, ID and MAP files
*[[Measure Map Pro format]] – [[XML]] data format to store GIS data
*[[National Transfer Format]] (NTF) – National Transfer Format (mostly used by the UK Ordnance Survey)
*[[Spatialite]] – a spatial extension to [[SQLite]], providing vector geodatabase functionality. It is similar to [[PostGIS]], [[Oracle Spatial]], and SQL Server with spatial extensions
*[[Simple Features]] – [[Open Geospatial Consortium]] specification for vector data
**[[Well-known text representation of geometry|Well-known text]] (WKT) – A text markup language for representing feature geometry, developed by [[Open Geospatial Consortium]]
**[[Well-known text representation of geometry|Well-known binary]] (WKB) – Binary version of well-known text, used in many [[spatial database]]s
*[[SOSI]] – a spatial data format used for all public exchange of spatial data in Norway
* [[AutoCAD DXF]] – data transfer format for [[AutoCAD]] data (by [[Autodesk]])
*[[Geographic Data Files]] (GDF) — An interchange file format for geographic data

Historical formats seldom used today:
*[[ArcInfo]] Coverage - topological data structure used in Arc/INFO from 1981 through 2000
*[[Esri TIN]] – proprietary [[binary data|binary]] format for [[triangulated irregular network]] data used by [[Esri]]
*[[Digital line graph]] (DLG) – a USGS format for vector data
*[[TIGER]] – Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
*[[Vector Product Format]] (VPF) – [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA)'s format of vectored data for large geographic databases
* [[Spatial Data File]] – [[Autodesk]]'s high-performance geodatabase format, native to [[MapGuide]]
* ISFC – [[Intergraph]]'s [[MicroStation]] based CAD solution attaching vector elements to a relational [[Microsoft Access]] database
*[[Dual Independent Map Encoding]] (DIME) – A historic GIS file format, developed in the 1960s