The following graphs show summary statistics on the data formats listed in the GGSD and the number of software programs that support each format.
| Status | Obsolete |
| Number of Formats | 10 |
| Status | Inactive |
| Number of Formats | 3 |
| Status | In use |
| Number of Formats | 60 |
| Status | Development |
| Number of Formats | 18 |
| Status | Active |
| Number of Formats | 29 |
| Status | Obsolete |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 31 |
| Status | Inactive |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 2 |
| Status | In use |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 434 |
| Status | Active |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 458 |
| Ownership | Proprietary |
| Number of Formats | 56 |
| Ownership | Open source |
| Number of Formats | 64 |
| Ownership | Proprietary |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 728 |
| Ownership | Open source |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 197 |
| Format Category | Printer |
| Number of Formats | 2 |
| Format Category | Petroleum Geoscience |
| Number of Formats | 5 |
| Format Category | Mapping and GIS |
| Number of Formats | 23 |
| Format Category | Images |
| Number of Formats | 9 |
| Format Category | Geotechnical |
| Number of Formats | 18 |
| Format Category | Geophysics |
| Number of Formats | 20 |
| Format Category | Geological |
| Number of Formats | 19 |
| Format Category | Geoenvironmental |
| Number of Formats | 7 |
| Format Category | Drawings |
| Number of Formats | 3 |
| Format Category | Documents |
| Number of Formats | 5 |
| Format Category | Database and Spreadsheet |
| Number of Formats | 7 |
| Format Category | Asset |
| Number of Formats | 2 |
| Format Category | Printer |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 41 |
| Format Category | Mapping and GIS |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 129 |
| Format Category | Images |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 213 |
| Format Category | Geotechnical |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 41 |
| Format Category | Geophysics |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 50 |
| Format Category | Geological |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 27 |
| Format Category | Geoenvironmental |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 16 |
| Format Category | Drawings |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 162 |
| Format Category | Documents |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 57 |
| Format Category | Database and Spreadsheet |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 189 |
| File Format | XML |
| Number of Formats | 33 |
| File Format | Unknown |
| Number of Formats | 37 |
| File Format | Mixed |
| Number of Formats | 3 |
| File Format | Binary |
| Number of Formats | 26 |
| File Format | ASCII |
| Number of Formats | 21 |
| File Format | XML |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 2 |
| File Format | Unknown |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 80 |
| File Format | Mixed |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 4 |
| File Format | Binary |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 541 |
| File Format | ASCII |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 298 |
| Most Widely Supported Formats |
| Format | FoxPro |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 7 |
| Format | Atlas BNA |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 7 |
| Format | WinLog |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 8 |
| Format | Text |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 8 |
| Format | Portable Network Graphics |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 9 |
| Format | Paradox |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 9 |
| Format | Targa |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 9 |
| Format | LIS/LIS-79 |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 10 |
| Format | Rich Text Format |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 12 |
| Format | Microstation |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 14 |
| Format | DEM |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 15 |
| Format | LAS |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 17 |
| Format | Zsoft Paint |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 20 |
| Format | Graphics Interchange Format |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 20 |
| Format | Encapsulated postscript |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 20 |
| Format | HPGL |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 21 |
| Format | dBase |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 21 |
| Format | Comma Separated Values |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 21 |
| Format | AGS |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 28 |
| Format | MIF / MID |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 29 |
| Format | JPEG |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 30 |
| Format | Tagged Image File |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 31 |
| Format | Word |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 31 |
| Format | Access |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 39 |
| Format | Windows metafile |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 39 |
| Format | Shape |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 43 |
| Format | DWG |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 47 |
| Format | Windows bitmap |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 53 |
| Format | Excel |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 90 |
| Format | DXF |
| Number of Supporting Programs | 101 |
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