QGZ Converter

Extract text from QGZ files

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Drop or upload your .QGZ file

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How to extract text from your QGZ file

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

Convert QGZ to another file type

To convert your QGZ file to another format, you need QGIS or other GIS software.

QGZ to SHP
QGZ to PDF
QGZ to KML
QGZ to KMZ
QGZ to GPX
QGZ to GEOJSON
QGZ to TOPOJSON
QGZ to TIF
QGZ to TIFF
QGZ to ECW
QGZ to SID
QGZ to IMG

Convert a file to QGZ

To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Project File" file type, you need software like QGIS or a similar tool.

LAZ to QGZ
KMZ to QGZ
DTM to QGZ
CSV to QGZ
DEM to QGZ
PRJ to QGZ
LAS to QGZ
GPX to QGZ
DSM to QGZ
SHP to QGZ
DBF to QGZ
KML to QGZ

About QGZ files

A .QGZ file is the standard compressed project container for QGIS, the world's leading open-source GIS software. It functions as a ZIP archive that holds a QGS XML configuration file and an optional .QGD SQLite database for auxiliary styling.

Users frequently need to convert .QGZ files because they cannot open them without installing QGIS, or they need to share the map's visual output with non-GIS stakeholders. A common point of friction is the misconception that the .QGZ file contains the actual geospatial data (like SHP or TIF files). In reality, it only stores relative paths to that data. If you send someone just the .QGZ file without the accompanying data folder, they will see a blank map with broken links.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Editing: Convert to QGS (unzip) if you need to manually edit the XML path references using a text editor like Notepad++.
For Viewing/Sharing: Convert the project layout to PDF or PNG using the QGIS 'Print Layout' feature to create a static map for reports.
For Web/Google Earth: Export specific vector layers within the project to KML, GEOJSON, or GPX.
For CAD: Export project layers to DXF for use in AutoCAD.

Note: You cannot directly "convert" a .QGZ project file to a data format like CSV or SHP online; you must open it in QGIS and export the individual data layers referenced by the project.

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

Users also converted QGS, QPT, GPKG, QLR, ZIP, QGV, SHP, GIS, PDF, GPZ, JPG, QML and KML files.

The QGZ 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 QGZ converter.