What is the difference between .tab and .topojson?
- Extension
- .tab
- .topojson
- Format
- Text
- Category
- Database
- GIS
- Developer
- Mike Bostock
- Description
- A tab-separated values (TSV) file is a simple text format for storing data in a tabular structure, e.g., database table or spreadsheet data, and a way of exchanging information between databases.
- TopoJSON is a file format for encoding geographic data structures, based on the GeoJSON format. It encodes geometries more efficiently and supports topology, which enables more accurate representations of geographic objects. TopoJSON eliminates redundancy and simplifies data, making it smaller and easier to work with.
- MIME Type
- text/tab-separated-values
- application/vnd.geo+json
- Wikipedia
- .tab on Wikipedia
- .topojson on Wikipedia