Deep guide to AI: native Adobe Illustrator format since 1987, transition to PDF wrapper in 2000, how to export an OpenStreetMap map for designers and print shops.
3D Tiles from Cesium GS 2015, OGC 1.1 (2023) glTF-native: tileset.json, LOD, BIM + drones + OSM building streaming.
3MF is a Microsoft and 3MF Consortium ZIP-XML format for 3D printing: colors, materials, supports, beam lattices; STL alternative supported by Cura, Bambu, PrusaSlicer.
Deep dive into Autodesk 3DS: 1990 DOS pipeline history, chunked binary spec, 65k vertex limits, OSM building export.
Deep guide to SVG: what's inside the W3C vector format, who created it, which programs open it, pros and cons. How to get SVG from any OpenStreetMap area in 30 seconds.
Deep guide to PDF: what's inside the portable document format, evolution from Adobe to ISO, which programs open it, pros and cons. How to get a PDF of any OpenStreetMap area for printing or archiving.
Complete guide to GeoJSON — the open IETF 2016 standard for geospatial data in JSON. Who created it (Howard Butler, Sean Gillies), what RFC 7946 changed, which programs open it, pros and cons. How to get GeoJSON from any OpenStreetMap area in 30 seconds.
Deep guide to DXF — the open CAD format from Autodesk: history from AutoCAD 1.0 to 2026, what's inside the 7 file sections, which programs open it, pros and cons. How to get DXF from any OSM area in 30 seconds.
MapInfo TAB format: file structure .tab/.dat/.map/.id, data import, CRS handling, and integration with professional GIS workflows.
What is CDR format, how to open CDR files without CorelDRAW, how to convert OSM maps to CDR.
GIS format overview: Shapefile, GeoPackage, FlatGeobuf, PMTiles, GeoParquet, COG — evolution and choice in 2026.
Step-by-step guide to exporting OSM maps to DWG format for AutoCAD, BricsCAD and nanoCAD.