The GeoJSON format is mostly for web-based mapping. Geographic JavaScript Object Notation (GeoJSON) PRJ is the projection system metadata.XML is the associated metadata.SBN is the spatial index for optimizing queries.SBX optimizes loading times.You can optionally include these files but are not completely necessary. It’s so ubiquitous that it’s become the industry standard.īut you’ll need a complete set of three files that are mandatory to make up a shapefile.
All commercial and open source accept shapefile as a GIS format. The shapefile is BY FAR the most common geospatial file type you’ll encounter.
