File Export Information

File extension	Format	Properties	Advantages	Disadvantages	Graphic
*.ai	Adobe Illustrator	Version 7			Vector (2D)
*.bmp	Bitmap		Uncrompressed or lossless RLE (runlength entcoding) compression	The weak compression result in larger file sizes than other formats	Raster
*.dxf	Drawing Interchange Format			Also suitable for 3D models	Verctor (2D)
*.eps	Encapsulated Post Script		Writing style		Vector and/or Raster
*.Gif	Graphic Interchange format		Lossless compressing graphics format Supports animations	Limited to 256 colors	Raster
*.gpx	GPS eXchange file	GPS data		XML-based format for GPS data
*.jpg	Joint photographic experts group		Lossy compressed 24 bit image files Embedding of paths possible	This is unsuitable for text and hard color transitions	Raster
*.Kml	Google Earth (Vector)	Map			Vector
*.kmz	Google Earth (Raster)	Coordinates			Raster
*.htm	Ocad internet map	Types: Java Applet Flash SVG
*.pdf	Portable Document Format		Lossless compression On any operating system readable Small file size	Need reader to read	Raster and or vector
*.shp	Shapefile	ESRI ArcGIS format for storing vector data
*.svg	Scalable Vector Graphics	Open, XML-based vector graphics format
*.tiff	Tagged Image File Format	Universal, pixel image format	Lossless compression 32 bit

Raster	Vector
		zoom	zoom	Vector graphics can scale to any size without quality loss.