OGR Vector Formats

Format Name Code Creation Georeferencing Compiled by default
Arc/Info Binary Coverage AVCBin No Yes Yes
Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage AVCE00 No Yes Yes
Atlas BNA BNA Yes No Yes
Comma Separated Value (.csv) CSV Yes No Yes
DODS/OPeNDAP DODS No Yes No, needs libdap
ESRI Personal GeoDatabase PGeo No Yes No, needs ODBC library
ESRI ArcSDE SDE No Yes No, needs ESRI SDE
ESRI Shapefile ESRI Shapefile Yes Yes Yes
FMEObjects Gateway FMEObjects Gateway No Yes No, needs FME
GeoJSON GeoJSON No Yes Yes
Géoconcept Export Geoconcept Yes Yes Yes
GML GML Yes Yes Yes (read support needs Xerces)
GMT GMT Yes Yes Yes
GPX GPX Yes Yes Yes (read support needs libexpat)
GRASS GRASS No Yes No, needs libgrass
Informix DataBlade IDB Yes Yes No, needs Informix DataBlade
INTERLIS "Interlis 1" and "Interlis 2" Yes Yes Yes (INTERLIS model reading needs ili2c.jar)
INGRES INGRES Yes No No, needs INGRESS
KML KML Yes No Yes (read support needs libexpat)
Mapinfo File MapInfo File Yes Yes Yes
Microstation DGN DGN Yes No Yes
Memory Memory Yes Yes Yes
MySQL MySQL No No No, needs MySQL library
Oracle Spatial OCI Yes Yes No, needs OCI library
ODBC ODBC No Yes No, needs ODBC library
OGDI Vectors OGDI No Yes No, needs OGDI library
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Yes Yes No, needs PostgreSQL library
S-57 (ENC) S57 No Yes Yes
SDTS SDTS No Yes Yes
SQLite SQLite Yes No No, needs libsqlite3
UK .NTF UK. NTF No Yes Yes
U.S. Census TIGER/Line TIGER No Yes Yes
VRT - Virtual Datasource VRT No Yes Yes
X-Plane/Flighgear aeronautical data XPLANE No Yes Yes