Editing Esri (section)

==Data formats==

===Vector===
* [[Shapefile]] – Esri's proprietary, hybrid vector data format using SHP, SHX and DBF files. Originally invented in the early 1990s, it is still commonly used as a widely supported interchange format.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Enterprise Geodatabase – Esri's geodatabase format for use in an [[relational database system]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* File Geodatabase – Esri's file-based geodatabase format, stored as folders in a file system.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Personal Geodatabase – Esri's closed, integrated vector data storage strategy using Microsoft's [[Microsoft Access|Access]] MDB format is a legacy format generally replaced by the file geodatabase in most contemporary use.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Coverage – Esri's closed, hybrid vector data storage strategy. Legacy ArcGIS Workstation / ArcInfo format with reduced support in modern application.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

=== Raster ===
* [[Esri grid]] – binary and metadataless ASCII raster formats.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Mosaic - data structure for managing and analyzing [[Multidimensional scaling|multidimensional]] raster and imagery data, including [[netCDF]], [[GRIB]], and [[Hierarchical Data Format]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}