AICADGIS - Web-Based CAD & GIS Editor

Convert SHP to GML Online

Upgrade legacy ESRI Shapefiles to open-standard, XML-based Geography Markup Language (GML) for seamless integration with modern web mapping services and municipal databases.

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How to Convert Shapefiles to GML

  1. Upload Your Shapefile Package: Drag and drop your .shp file along with its companion .shx, .dbf, and .prj files (or a single .zip archive) into the converter.
  2. Verify Coordinate Reference System (CRS): The engine automatically detects the EPSG code from your .prj file and aligns the spatial data on the canvas.
  3. Export to GML: Click Export and select GML to instantly download the OGC-compliant XML file with all feature attributes serialized.

Why Convert SHP to GML?

While ESRI Shapefiles have served as a desktop GIS standard for decades, they are bound by legacy limitations such as 10-character field name limits in .dbf tables and multi-file dependencies. GML (Geography Markup Language) is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard that expresses geographic features in structured XML, making it ideal for web mapping APIs, spatial address databases, and municipal data exchanges.

Maintain Topographical Precision and Attribute Tables

Our converter extracts both 2D and 3D geometries (points, polylines, polygons, and 3D faces) without dropping elevation data or corrupting attribute fields. Every feature attribute stored in your shapefile's DBF table is mapped into valid GML application schema properties.