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Importing & Exporting Shapefiles

Topo Maps+ imports shapefiles as data layers, keeping their attributes, and exports data layers as shapefiles. You can also export your waypoints, routes, tracks, and regions as a shapefile.

How to import a shapefile

  1. Tap the Add button in the toolbar, then tap Import Data.

    Import Data in the Add menuImport Data in the Add menu

  2. Select your .zip file and tap Open, then tap Import. The new data layer is named after the file.

  3. If you've imported a shapefile with the same name before, Topo Maps+ asks Merge? Tap Merge into the existing data layer to update it, or tap Import into a new Data Layer.

  4. Select your .zip file. Topo Maps+ analyzes it and shows the attribute schema it found.

  5. Name the data layer and tap Import Shapefile.

    The Import Shapefile screen with the data layer name and attribute schema
    Shown on Android — iPhone looks slightly different.

You can also import from the Maps panel: under Data Layers, tap New, then tap Import from SHP File. Importing shapefiles requires an Elite subscription.

To view or edit the new data layer, tap the Maps button in the toolbar and scroll down to Data Layers.

How to export a data layer as a shapefile

  1. Tap the Maps button and, under Data Layers, tap the gearsettings icon on the layer (or tap and hold it, then tap Settings) to open it.

    Settings in the menu after touching and holding a data layer's tileSettings in the menu after touching and holding a data layer's tile

  2. Tap Export.

    The Export button in a data layerThe Export button in a data layer

  3. Tap Export SHP File.

    Export SHP File in a data layer's export menuExport SHP File in a data layer's export menu

How to export waypoints, routes, tracks, and regions as a shapefile

You can export any of your data as a shapefile, not just data layers. These shapefiles hold the shapes only, without attributes. Exporting shapefiles requires an Elite subscription.

  1. Tap the Share button in the toolbar, then tap Export Data.

    Export Data in the Share menu
    Shown on iPhone — Android looks slightly different.

  2. Tap the current file format next to the filter (such as KML).

    The file format button, showing KML, at the top of Export Data
    Shown on iPhone — Android looks slightly different.

  3. Choose Shapefile.

    The File Format menu with KML, GPX, Shapefile, and GeoJSON
    Shown on iPhone — Android looks slightly different.

  4. Choose the data to include, then tap Export. See Exporting GPX & KML Files for the other options on this screen.

    Export Data with Shapefile selected and the Export button at the bottom
    Shown on iPhone — Android looks slightly different.

Topo Maps+ creates a .zip file with a separate shapefile for points, lines, and polygons.

Updated October 7, 2026

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