Spatial Data Format Supported by GeoDa 1.8
File Formats (compiled into GeoDa)
| File Format Name | File Name Extensions | Writable |
| Comma Separated Value (CSV) | .csv | Yes |
| ESRI Shapefile | .shp; .dbf | Yes |
| GeoJSON | .json; .geojson | Yes |
| GeoPackage | .gpkg | Yes |
| GML | .kml; .xml | Yes |
| KML | .kml; .xml | Yes |
| Mapinfo File | .MIF; .MID | Yes |
| MS Excel Format | .xls | No |
| Open Document Spreadsheet | .ods | No |
Cloud Datasource
| CartoDB | You need your CartoDB user account and API key | No |
Databases
| Database Name | Support Versions | Writable | Needs additional setup? |
| ESRI ArcSDE (64-bit) | 10.x (suggested) | No | Yes, see setup instruction |
| ESRI ArcSDE (32-bit) | 9.x (suggested) | No | Yes, see setup instruction |
| Oracle Spatial | 11g (suggested) | Yes | Yes, see setup instruction |
| PostgreSQL with PostGIS | 9.3.1 (suggested) | Yes | No |
| MySQL with Spatial Extension | 5.6.14 (suggested) | Yes | No |
File Databases
| File Database Name | Support Versions | Writable | Needs additional setup? |
| SQLite | 3.0 (suggested) | Yes | No |
| Spatialite | 3.0 (suggested) | Yes | No |
| ESRI File Geodatabase | Yes | Yes, see setup instruction | |
| ESRI Personal Geodatabase | No | Yes, see setup instruction |
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