Data Formats & Standards

Shapefile

A legacy but still widely used geospatial vector data format developed by Esri. Consists of multiple files (.shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj) that together store geometry and attributes. Being gradually replaced by GeoPackage and GeoJSON for new projects.

Analyze Shapefile data with LYRASENSE

Use our agentic notebook environment to work with satellite data and compute indices like Shapefile — no setup required.