Map data supported
The Map Builder supports the following types of map data:
TIFF file-based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery (GeoTIFF) (.tif)
Nongeoreferenced raster images (.gif, .tif, .jpg, .png)
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Shape files (.shp)
MapInfo Interchange Format (.mif)
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER/Line®) files (.rt*)
Drawing Interchange Format (see
DXF format) files (.dxf)
Google Earth™ Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and KML Zipped (KMZ) formats (see
KML/ KMZ) (.kml, .kmz)
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED®) 0, 1 and 2
Global Topographic Data (GTOPO30) DEM
IBM® DB2® Spatial Extender
IBM® Informix® Spatial DataBlade™
Oracle® Spatial
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
Note that you can code your own map reader using the API provided. For more information, see
Using readers.
For information about data sources, see
Data sources and
Importing a simple data source.
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