Extract text from Well-Known Text files (WKT)
To convert WKT geometry files to another format, you need QGIS or other GIS software.
To convert other file formats to the "Text Markup Language" file type, you need software like QGIS or a similar tool.
The .WKT (Well-Known Text) file format is a text markup language standardized by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Developers use it to represent vector geometry objects (points, lines, polygons) and spatial reference systems in plain text.
You can read a .WKT file with any standard text editor. To view the visual map representation, you must import the file into a Geographic Information System (GIS) application like QGIS or a spatial database like PostGIS.
The main disadvantage of .WKT is its inefficiency. Because it stores spatial coordinates as long strings of text characters, it takes up significantly more storage space than binary formats. Software also takes longer to parse the text. Additionally, .WKT is strictly for geometry. It does not natively hold attribute data (like street names) or visual styling (like colors and line widths). Web browsers cannot display .WKT directly without a parser.
You will need to convert .WKT to GEOJSON for web mapping libraries, KML for Google Earth, or WKB (Well-Known Binary) to optimize database queries. Converting to SHP (ESRI Shapefile) is useful for older GIS systems. Be aware that standard text converters often fail with spatial files because they do not process the coordinate system projections correctly.
Because this is a specialized spatial text format, many standard viewers cannot render the map. Even if the geometry is complex, our analysis will show you the exact internal content so you can decide how to process it.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WKT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CSV, TXT, KML, DOCX, ZIP, GEOJSON and WKB files.
If you want to convert WKT file to GEOJSON, WKB, KML, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX or MD, you can use QGIS or similar software from the "Vector Spatial Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to WKT, try QGIS or another comparable tool in the "Vector Spatial Data Storage" category.
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