GeoConverter
Aus Geoinformation HSR
GeoConverter - Free Online Geospatial Data Converter. Reads and writes several GIS vector file formats as a static ('1:1') format converter. It is based on the FWTools, especially on OGR2GR documented in the OGR page.
See also:
- Homepage: http://gis.hsr.ch/geoconverter/
- OGR
- Datenkonverter
FAQ
- Why do I have to register before using this service? What are you doing with my personal information like my e-mail?
- We ask for your e-mail and name mainly because of the tedious fight against spam! As a side effect you become part of the GISpunkt HSR community where we send information mails sometimes. These mails are currently sent every other month and will never exceed once a week. Your e-mail will never be used for other purposes whatsoever and we will never give away your personal data.
- What does GeoConverter mean?
- GeoConverter means "Online Geospatial Data Format Converter".
- Is this webapplication service free?
- Yes, GeoConverter is a free webapplication and it will remain free as long as this service is not abused by daily business cases (e.g. as long as bandwidth remains low).
- Is GeoConverter a competitor to other converter software?
- There are quite some professional products around like FME, igtools or InterlisStudio. These products offer more than a straight forward and static 1:1 conversion. They can be manually configured and often support more file formats. So: No! GeoConverter is meant as an enabler of GIS and geospatial data, nothing more!
- Who runs this webapplication?
- This service is brought to you by GISpunkt HSR. It is an experimental project without any warranty.
- What are the Terms of Service of the GeoConverter?
- See here.
- Where can one submit Bugs and Feature Requests?
- Here in the 'Diskussion' page.
- Can these conversions also be run on a local PC?
- Yes: We use OGR2OGR which is delivered among others as FWTools and you can run it locally as it was designed for initially. See OGR for more innformation about this.
- Which file formats are supported by this webapplication?
- These GIS vector file formats are supported for writing and also for reading except KML:
- Comma Separated Value (.csv)
- GPX (.gpx)
- Geographic Markup Language (.gml)
- INTERLIS 1-Transfer Format (.itf)
- INTERLIS 2-XML Transfer Format (.xml)
- Keyhole Markup Language (.kml)
- Mapinfo File (.mif)
- Shapefile (.shp)
- I see GPX but can't find any other GPS file formats?
- GPS file formats like NMEA or Garmin are converted best through exiting software. See our article GPS-Software for more information on this topic.
- I miss DXF and other CAD file formats?
- Microstation's DGN (up to version 7) is supported by OGR but not implemeted yet in GeoConverter. DXF unfortunately does not yet exist as a suitable driver for OGR altough some free libraries exist - so, sponsors are welcome!
- More FAQ entries...
- will be added here.