# What data formats does mapwindow5 support

**URL:** <https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508>\
**Category:** MapWindow5-users\
**Created:** [March 22, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508 "2020-03-22T04:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![1259529423](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/43a26b/32.png) [@1259529423](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/1259529423)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508/1 "2020-03-22T04:11:01Z")

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What data formats does mapwindow5 support

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**Author:** ![jerryfaust](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/jerryfaust/32/378_2.png) [@jerryfaust](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/jerryfaust)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508/2 "2020-03-22T04:16:01Z")

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Hello @1259529423

There’s built-in support for Shapefiles, and we use the GDAL library for all others, and their list is quite extensive. [See the list here](https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/index.html).

Regards,  
Jerry.

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**Author:** ![AlexBV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@AlexBV](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/AlexBV)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508/4 "2020-03-23T18:29:28Z")

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Is this true for MapwinGIS OCX ??

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**Author:** ![jerryfaust](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/jerryfaust/32/378_2.png) [@jerryfaust](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/jerryfaust)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508/5 "2020-03-23T18:40:15Z")

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Yes, it is. MapWinGIS OCX provides the core functionality for MapWindow 5.

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**Author:** ![pmeems](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/pmeems/32/9_2.png) [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/what-data-formats-does-mapwindow5-support/508/6 "2022-01-05T15:09:01Z")

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