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Convert Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase to tar

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Zip file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to tar in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

What is the difference between Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase and .tar?

Name
Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase
Consolidated Unix File Archive
Extension
.zip
.tar
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
GIS
Other
Developer
ESRI
Jean-loup Gailly
Description
A ZIP file holding an Esri shapefile (.shp, .shx, .dbf and companions) or a file geodatabase folder, the usual way GIS vector data is downloaded and shared.
Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
MIME Type
application/zip
application/x-tar
Sample
sample.tar
Wikipedia
.zip on Wikipedia
.tar on Wikipedia

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