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CSV (Comma-Separated Values)

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Example CSV export (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km) — Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

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Format specifications

Open standard
2D only
Lossless (no quality loss)
Stores feature attributes
Output: 1 file
RFC 4180 CSV with WKT geometry column or lat/lon pairs. UTF-8 encoded. Opens in Excel, LibreOffice, pandas, QGIS.

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