Standards and Specifications
Esri has a decades-long commitment to open standards and interoperability. Esri actively contributes to international standards development processes and has a history of open-sourcing its format specifications such as the shapefile and indexed 3D scene layers.
Standards and Specifications
Esri has a decades-long commitment to open standards and interoperability. Esri actively contributes to international standards development processes and has a history of open-sourcing its format specifications such as the shapefile and indexed 3D scene layers.
Geospatial technology
ArcGIS supports reading and writing standard and common data file types using industry and international standard data formats, and via the web through OGC web services.
Security and privacy
Security means exposing the right content to the right customers while protecting your enterprise. Esri complies with US government and international GIS standards as well as industry best practices for IT security and privacy.
Accessibility
Esri’s goal is to design and implement accessible GIS and give people access regardless of their abilities.
Geospatial technology
ArcGIS supports reading and writing standard and common data file types using industry and international standard data formats, and via the web through OGC web services.
Security and privacy
Security means exposing the right content to the right customers while protecting your enterprise. Esri complies with US government and international GIS standards as well as industry best practices for IT security and privacy.
Accessibility
Esri’s goal is to design and implement accessible GIS and give people access regardless of their abilities.
Standards Development Organizations
Esri maintains membership in, provides active geospatial expertise to, and participates in
community engagement with a number of international standards development organizations
(SDOs).
Standards Development Organizations
Esri maintains membership in, provides active geospatial expertise to, and participates in community engagement with a number of international standards development organizations (SDOs).
ISO/TC 211
International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 211
OGC
Open Geospatial Consortium
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
ISO/TC 211
International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 211
OGC
Open Geospatial Consortium
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
Supported open geospatial standards
ArcGIS is the leading system in its support for OGC and ISO standards. Search for all OGC standards supported by Esri products and different versions of our software.
Supported open geospatial standards
ArcGIS is the leading system in its support for OGC and ISO standards. Search for all OGC standards supported by Esri products and different versions of our software.
Esri published specifications
Esri publishes many widely used specifications to help spur interoperability and innovation in the
geospatial community. These specifications are available for download, inspection, and reuse.
Esri publishes many widely used specifications to help spur interoperability and innovation in the geospatial community. These specifications are available for download, inspection, and reuse.
Shapefile
XML Schema of the Geodatabase
GeoServices REST-based API
Esri Feature Services circa 2010 open sourced as GeoServices to the Open Web Foundation
3D Scene (I3S)
Web Map
Tile Package (.tpkx)
Raster Format (LERC)
Limited Error Raster Compression
Cartographic Information Model (CIM)
Shapefile
XML Schema of the Geodatabase
GeoServices REST-based API
Esri Feature Services circa 2010 open sourced as GeoServices to the Open Web Foundation
3D Scene (I3S)
Web Map
Tile Package (.tpkx)
Raster Format (LERC)
Limited Error Raster Compression
Cartographic Information Model (CIM)