AGP Converter

Extract text from Genomic maps or ArtGem projects (AGP)


Drop or upload your .AGP file
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How to extract text from your AGP file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AGP file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert AGP to another file type

To convert AGP Maps or projects to another format, you need AGPtools or other Data software.

Convert a file to AGP

To convert other file formats to the "Bioinformatics Data File" file type, you need software like AGPtools or a similar tool.


About AGP files

The .AGP file extension predominantly represents a Genomic scaffold assembly file established by the NCBI. These files use a standardized text-based format to describe how smaller DNA sequences (contigs) are ordered and oriented to form larger genomic scaffolds. A secondary, much rarer use is the ArtGem Project File, a proprietary graphics format created by RL Vision. To open or process genomic .AGP files, bioinformaticians typically rely on command-line utilities like AGPtools. ArtGem files, conversely, can only be opened by the long-discontinued ArtGem software. The primary disadvantage of the genomic .AGP format is that it only contains structural coordinates, not the actual DNA sequence, requiring complex data merges. On the graphics side, the ArtGem format is entirely closed and proprietary, meaning modern image editors cannot read it. Users frequently need to convert genomic assembly maps into FASTA or GFF3 formats to visualize the genome in standard browsers. For ArtGem files, exporting to PNG or JPG is recommended to preserve visual data. Standard online converters routinely fail with .AGP files because genomic assembly requires complex external dependencies, and the ArtGem format is closed and undocumented. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format or embedded preview, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your AGP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert AGP file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use AGPtools or similar software from the "Genomic Sequence Assembly" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to AGP, try AGPtools or another comparable tool in the "Genomic Sequence Assembly" category.



The AGP Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our AGP converter.