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Supported formats ​

Actual format availability depends on the adapter exposed by Catenivo and the runtime shipped with the distribution. A format being known to GDAL does not mean it is automatically exposed.

FormatReadWriteNotes
CSVYesYesTabular, UTF-8 for the dedicated adapter
TextYesYesText lines
GeoPackageYesYesMultiple layers; DateTime on read
ESRI ShapefileYesYesDBF/SHX companion files
ESRI File GeodatabaseYesYes.gdb directory, OpenFileGDB
GeoJSONYesYesVector
GeoJSONSeqYesYesJSON sequence
GMLYesYesVector
KML / KMZYesYesGeographic format constraints
MapInfo TAB / MIF-MIDYesYesCompanion files depending on format
XLSYesNoLegacy workbook
XLSXYesYesTabular sheets
ODSYesYesTabular sheets
FlatGeobufYesYesVector
GPXYesYesSpecialized structure
DXFYesNoCAD reading
DWGYesNoLocal LibreDWG conversion to internal DXF
DGN V7YesYesSpecialized CAD schema
Parquet / GeoParquetYesYesShipped Parquet driver

PostgreSQL/PostGIS is handled through database readers/writers and SQL operators rather than as a file format.

JSON and XML also have extraction and feature-creation operators.

Avoiding data loss ​

Geometry dimensions, attribute types, text widths, keys, indexes and write modes vary by format. Catenivo rejects conversions it cannot guarantee rather than silently dropping information.

See Supported features and limitations for the overall scope.