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The easiest format for GIS data?

I want to view and edit some map-like data (obvious things, such as points / paths / polygons / bitmaps with annotations, as well as quad masks, but if necessary I can convert them to something else) in a custom format and GIS programs like Qgis seem to be great for this.

In what formats should I export data? If possible, I would also like to easily analyze the data modified by the user. There seem to be too many weird formats in the GIS world, so I don’t even know where to start.

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The ESRI Shapefile format is quite simple to implement, and while I have not worked on the GIS market for almost 15 years, I believe that this is still a fairly common format.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile

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For better or worse, form files still exist and the format is published. They are also accepted by almost all GIS and major utilities.

This is a binary format, but files tend to accumulate quickly, since you need a set of files for each type and form of data.

KML was mentioned above. It has become the defacto standard and is based on XML - i.e. Easy to write. However, it is intended for annotation, and this may be a limitation for many GIS applications.

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