Articles about map export formats, tools and OpenStreetMap data use cases.
TomTom ITN file for GO/Start/Via: ASCII waypoints with long,lat in micro-degrees and type, 100-point limit. Legacy route format before ov2 POI overlay era.
TIFF is a tag-based raster format from Aldus (1986, Adobe 1994): TIFF 6.0 (1992), multi-page, lossless LZW/Deflate, BigTIFF for large files; parent of GeoTIFF.
MapInfo TAB since 1990: 4-5 files (.tab/.dat/.map/.id), Precisely's proprietary spec, reverse-engineering via Frank Warmerdam's MITAB, OSM export to TAB via QGIS.
Garmin TCX since 2007: XML with TrainingCenterDatabase>Activity>Lap>Track>Trackpoint, HR/cadence/altitude. Primary format before FIT 2012, still imported by Strava.
SUMO is DLR's open-source traffic simulator (2001+): XML formats .net/.rou/.add, microscopic+macroscopic, TraCI API, netconvert OSM-to-SUMO, EPL-2.0 license.
STEP/ISO 10303 (1994, AP242 since 2014): B-Rep solids, PMI, AP203/AP214/AP242, CATIA/NX/SolidWorks, OSM buildings.
Chuck Hull's STL and 3D Systems since 1987: 50 bytes per triangle, binary/ASCII variants, slicer watertight requirement, OSM building export with extrusion and ground plate.
STAC 1.0/1.1 — JSON catalog standard for geo assets: Catalog→Collection→Item→Asset hierarchy, STAC API on top of OGC Features, pystac and stac-fastapi tooling.
SpatiaLite by Alessandro Furieri 2008: SQLite extension with WKB BLOB, R-Tree, ST_* functions, single-file spatial database.
PSD from Adobe 1990: layered raster, blend modes, smart objects, .psd vs .psb, cartographic editorial pipeline.
Deep guide to Shapefile: 1998 ESRI format, mini-zoo of 4–6 files, 2 GB limit, 10-character column names. When you're forced to export it.
Deep guide to PNG (Portable Network Graphics): what's inside the W3C chunked format, the history of replacing GIF, which programs open it, pros and cons. How to get a raster PNG map from any OpenStreetMap area at 72-300 DPI in 30 seconds.