data file

A data file is a stand-alone file or package containing geographic data that can be sideloaded on to a deviceA device is nearly any kind of computer, including desktops, laptops, mobile phones, and tablets.Learn more. It is typically used in fully offline appsA fully offline app is a type of offline app built with ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps that is designed to work where network connectivity is entirely absent.Learn more built with ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native AppsArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps, previously known as ArcGIS Runtime SDKs, are developer products for building mapping and spatial analysis applications for native devices.Learn more. Examples of data files include shapefilesA shapefile is a vector data storage format that contains geometry and attribute data for geographic features. It can also include spatial and non-spatial indexes.Learn more, tile packagesA tile package is a tiled layer that has been bundled into a single .tpk/.tpkx file. The file contains a tile cache of the data and metadata about the layer, packaged into a single, portable file.Learn more, vector tile packagesA vector tile package, also known as a VTPK, is a read-only data file containing static tiles of vector data.Learn more, geopackagesA geopackage is an OGC spatial data storage format that can contain multiple datasets of geographic features, non-spatial tabular data, and raster data.Learn more, raster filesA raster file is georeferenced bitmap data. It can be a single, standalone file or a collection of files that work together. Raster files are typically used in offline applications.Learn more, KMLKeyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML-based format that describes geographic entities. Developed and popularized for use with Google Earth, the KML specification is now maintained by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).Learn more, and electronic nautical charts. Shapefiles, mobile geodatabases, geopackages, and KML can be edited locally; other types are read-only.