Extract text from Global Mapper workspaces (GMW)
To convert GMW workspaces to another format, you need Global Mapper or other GIS software.
To convert other file formats to the "Geospatial Project File" file type, you need software like Global Mapper or a similar tool.
A .GMW file is a Global Mapper Workspace, a text-based project file used by Global Mapper to store the state of a GIS session. Unlike self-contained formats, a .GMW file acts as a 'skeleton' - it saves your zoom level, projection settings, layer styling, and digitizer tool configurations, but it does not contain the actual map data. It only stores directory paths pointing to the external raster (TIF, JPG) or vector (SHP, DXF) files on your hard drive.
This architecture creates a major friction point: if you email a .GMW file to a colleague or move it to a different folder, the file breaks because it loses the connection to the referenced data. Users often encounter 'File Not Found' errors when trying to open workspaces shared without their dependencies. To share a map reliably, you should not convert the .GMW itself, but rather use Global Mapper to bundle the project into a GMP (Global Mapper Package), which compresses both the workspace and the data into a single file. For non-GIS workflows, the best practice is exporting the 'current view' to PDF for printing or JPG for web use.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GMW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DT2, GMP, GIC and DWG files.
If you want to convert GMW file to DWG, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV or PROPERTIES, you can use Global Mapper or similar software from the "GIS Project Workspace" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to GMW, try Global Mapper or another comparable tool in the "GIS Project Workspace" category.
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