Technical requirementsOverview of common data formatsUnderstanding data structuresCommon traitsUnderstanding spatial indexingSpatial indexing algorithmsWhat are overviews?What is metadata?Understanding the file structureKnowing about the most widely used vector data typesShapefilesCAD filesTag-based and markup-based formatsGeoJSONGeoPackageUnderstanding raster data typesTIFF filesJPEG, GIF, BMP, and PNGCompressed formatsASCII gridsWorld filesWhat is point cloud data?LIDARMore realistic geospatial models with 3D dataWhat are web services?Understanding geospatial databasesSharing data with interchange formatsIntroducing spatiotemporal dataSummaryQuestionsFurther reading