# Supported File Types

**URL:** <https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/supported-file-types/341>\
**Category:** WinForms\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/supported-file-types/341 "2009-04-09T11:56:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kevin\_larsen](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@kevin\_larsen](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/kevin_larsen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/supported-file-types/341/1 "2009-04-09T11:56:41Z")

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Could&nbsp;someone&nbsp;please&nbsp;provide&nbsp;me&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;supported&nbsp;file&nbsp;types&nbsp;for&nbsp;Desktop&nbsp;3.0?

We&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;using&nbsp;shape&nbsp;files&nbsp;with&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;SID&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;our&nbsp;options.

If&nbsp;possible&nbsp;we&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;try&nbsp;.NCX&nbsp;files

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Ben](https://community.thinkgeo.com/user_avatar/community.thinkgeo.com/ben/32/25720_2.png) [@Ben](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Ben)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/supported-file-types/341/2 "2009-04-13T01:38:32Z")

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&nbsp;

Kevin,

Welcome&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;community,&nbsp;hope&nbsp;you&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;learning&nbsp;and&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;here.&nbsp;

I've&nbsp;never&nbsp;heard&nbsp;of&nbsp;NCX&nbsp;format&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;get&nbsp;much&nbsp;about&nbsp;it&nbsp;from&nbsp;google,&nbsp;could&nbsp;you&nbsp;tell&nbsp;me&nbsp;more&nbsp;about&nbsp;that&nbsp;format?&nbsp;

In&nbsp;Desktop&nbsp;3.0,&nbsp;we&nbsp;support&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;common&nbsp;gis&nbsp;formats&nbsp;like&nbsp;shape&nbsp;file,&nbsp;Postgre,&nbsp;Oracle,&nbsp;MSSql2008,&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;And&nbsp;for&nbsp;raster&nbsp;layers,&nbsp;we&nbsp;support&nbsp;Tiff,&nbsp;MrSid,&nbsp;Jpeg2000,&nbsp;ECW,&nbsp;Bmp,&nbsp;Png,&nbsp;Jpg,&nbsp;Gif&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;Also&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;help&nbsp;of&nbsp;3rd&nbsp;part&nbsp;assemblies,&nbsp;we&nbsp;will&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;extension&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;most&nbsp;GDAL&nbsp;/&nbsp;OGR&nbsp;data&nbsp;type.&nbsp;Here&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;list.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The&nbsp;Gdal&nbsp;supported&nbsp;data&nbsp;format&nbsp;list&nbsp;link&nbsp;:&nbsp;[gdal.org/formats\_list.html](http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html)

&nbsp;The&nbsp;Ogr&nbsp;supported&nbsp;data&nbsp;format&nbsp;list&nbsp;link:&nbsp;&nbsp;[gdal.org/ogr/ogr\_formats.html](http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html)

With&nbsp;the&nbsp;great&nbsp;scalability&nbsp;of&nbsp;Map&nbsp;Suite,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;easily&nbsp;extend&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;consume&nbsp;all&nbsp;kinds&nbsp;of&nbsp;data&nbsp;type&nbsp;yourself&nbsp;easily.&nbsp;Here&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;example&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;it&nbsp;consume&nbsp;MS&nbsp;Access,&nbsp;please&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;look.

gis.thinkgeo.com/Support/DiscussionForums/tabid/143/aff/16/aft/4769/afv/topic/Default.aspx

Thanks,

Ben