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File formats you can import

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Scribble Maps can import your data in many file formats. This page lists every one.

How to import a file

  1. Drag the file onto the map. Or, at the top of the Layers panel, click the Import File icon and choose your file.
  2. Pick your styling if you want to, then click IMPORT FILES.

You can also paste GeoJSON, WKT or CSV text straight into the IMPORT FILES & DATA window.

For step-by-step help, see Import Files & Data.

Spreadsheets and lists

Each row becomes a point on the map, with its data attached. Rows with an address are placed by geocoding.

  • CSV (.csv)
  • Microsoft Excel (.xlsx, .xls)
  • Apple Numbers (.numbers)
  • OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods)
  • dBASE table (.dbf)
  • DIF (.dif) and PRN (.prn)
  • HTML table (.html)

Common map formats

  • KML and KMZ (.kml, .kmz), including exports from Google My Maps and Google Earth
  • GeoJSON (.geojson, .json) and GeoJSON Sequence (.geojsonl)
  • TopoJSON (.topojson)
  • GPX (.gpx), from GPS devices and fitness apps
  • ESRI Shapefile (.shp with its .shx and .dbf files, or all of them in one .zip)
  • WKT (Well-Known Text)
  • GeoParquet (.parquet)
  • GeoPackage (.gpkg)
  • FlatGeobuf (.fgb)
  • GML (.gml)

GIS and CAD files

  • Esri File Geodatabase (a .gdb folder, zipped)
  • MapInfo (.tab with its .dat, .id and .map files)
  • AutoCAD DXF (.dxf) and DWG (.dwg)
  • MicroStation DGN (.dgn)
  • ArcInfo E00 and AVCBin (.e00, .avc)
  • SQLite and SpatiaLite (.sqlite, .db)
  • OpenStreetMap data (.osm)
  • Vector tiles: MBTiles (.mbtiles), PMTiles (.pmtiles) and MVT (.mvt)
  • S-57 nautical charts (.000)
  • GeoRSS and MapML (.xml)
  • GTFS transit feeds (.zip)
  • US Census TIGER (.rt1, .rt2) and UK NTF (.ntf)
  • Also: Geoconcept (.gxt), JML (.jml), OGR GMT (.gmt), PCIDSK (.pix), Idrisi (.rst, .vct), SXF (.sxf), Selafin (.slf), VDV (.vdv), VFK (.vfk) and EDIGEO (.thf)

Some of these formats are converted in your browser the first time you import one, so the first import can take a few extra seconds.

Images

  • GeoTIFF (.tif, .tiff) is placed in the right spot on the map automatically.
  • PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP and WebP images are added as an image you can move and resize on the map.

Scribble Maps files

  • Scribble Maps map (.smjson)
  • Scribble Maps template (.smt)

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