Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GDB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert GDB to another file type
To convert GDB Data files to another format, you need InterBase or other Database software.
Convert a file to GDB
To convert other file formats to the "Relational Database File" file type, you need software like InterBase or a similar tool.
About GDB files
The .GDB file extension suffers from severe extension collision, primarily representing an InterBase or Firebird relational database, a Garmin GPS database, or an ESRI File Geodatabase. InterBase .GDB files store structured relational tables, queries, and system data for enterprise applications. Garmin .GDB files contain waypoints, routes, and track logs generated by consumer GPS devices. Meanwhile, ESRI uses a .gdb folder structure to store complex spatial mapping data. These formats share a massive disadvantage: they are highly proprietary and enforce strict vendor lock-in. InterBase files require a running database server engine. Garmin .GDB files trap your navigational data inside the aging Garmin BaseCamp software, making them useless for modern web map interfaces. ESRI Geodatabases demand an expensive ArcGIS Pro license or complex open-source GIS workarounds. Users frequently need to extract their data from these walled gardens to collaborate or migrate systems. For GPS data, converting .GDB to universal formats like .GPX or .KML is the most pragmatic solution, though proprietary Garmin routing algorithms may be lost. InterBase files should be exported to .SQL dumps or .CSV for data migration, while ESRI spatial data is best converted to .SHP (Shapefile) or .GeoJSON. Because .GDB files are compiled binary databases or complex directory structures, standard online converters usually fail. They cannot parse the internal relational links or GIS geometry without the original database engine. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GDB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert GDB file to SHP, GPX, KML, KMZ, CSV, GPKG, GEOJSON, DWG, DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3 or MDB, you can use InterBase or similar software from the "Relational Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to GDB, try InterBase or another comparable tool in the "Relational Database Storage" category.
The GDB 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 GDB converter.