File Formats

SGIS Agronomy Software:

  • Falcon I and II reads - .rpt
  • Falcon I and II writes - .tif
  • FIELDSTAR reads - .fsb, .fsa, .bin, .dat, .lsi
  • FIELDSTAR writes - directly to a Linear Flash card
  •    No files are shown if you try to browse to the card
  • Task Controller and Falcon VT reads and writes - TaskData.xml
  • 3rd Party Harvest Imports read: AgLeader, CNH Voyager, DICKEY-john, GreenStar, Lexion
  • 3rd Party Exports: AgLeader, CNH Voyager, DICKEY-john, GreenStar, Shapefile, Raven, Trimble

  • Any FODD that can be downloaded should be able to be handled in both software.

SGIS:

  • Soil Test Imports - .tab (MAPINFO), .mid (MID-MIF), .shp (Shape Samples), SSI, Geo-Referenced Text, Surfer/BLN

Baler Data can be in a FIELDSTAR file or it can be TaskData.xml (Task Controller file)
Planter Data is also in the format of DICKEY-john, through Task Controller - TaskData.xml

*Reads: the file formats that the software will open and use.
Writes: the file formats that are to go to and be used by the controller.
For information on the abbreviations in this page, please visit our glossary page.

Programmers looking for more detailed information, please Click Here to go to the Mapshots website.