Convert Maps and game levels (MAP) online for free
The converter easily converts your MAP Maps to various formats - free and online. No Precisely MapInfo or or other GIS software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Multi-purpose Map Data File" file type, you need software like Precisely MapInfo or a similar tool.
The .MAP file extension is notorious for being heavily fragmented. It is primarily used for Geographic Information System (GIS) data, most notably as a map object file in Precisely MapInfo Pro. However, web developers frequently encounter .MAP files as JSON-based source maps that link minified JavaScript or CSS back to their original source code. Additionally, decades of video games - from Quake and Halo to Rust and Terraria - use .MAP to store level geometry and metadata.
Depending on its internal structure, you might need MapInfo Pro to open a GIS map, web development tools like Webpack to process source maps, or specific game engines to load 3D game levels.
This fragmentation makes the .MAP extension extremely frustrating to handle. Users often cannot open the file because their operating system incorrectly associates all .MAP files with a single installed program. MapInfo files are proprietary, require expensive licenses, and must be accompanied by matching .TAB and .DAT files. Game map files are compiled and strictly bound to their respective game engines. Source maps are technically just JSON text, but useless to an end-user without the accompanying .js or .css files.
Converting a .MAP file depends entirely on its actual content. For web debugging, source maps are already text-based and do not require conversion. For GIS data, convert .MAP to SHP (Shapefile), KML, or GEOJSON for interoperability, or to PDF and SVG for sharing visual map layouts. For game maps, extraction tools can sometimes export geometry to OBJ or FBX for 3D editing, though textures are usually lost. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MAP file.
Users also converted OZF2, TAB, OZFX3, OSM, ZIP, ID, DAT, LOD, YRM, IND, MAP 2, DS and BSP files.
If you want to convert MAP file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, SAV, DAT or CFG, you can use Precisely MapInfo or similar software from the "GIS, Source Code & Games" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to MAP, try Precisely MapInfo or another comparable tool in the "GIS, Source Code & Games" category.
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 MAP converter.