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How to Convert GEOJSON to SHP
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When Do You Need to Convert GEOJSON to SHP?
Shapefile remains the format many established GIS packages, government portals and desktop tools expect. Converting GeoJSON to SHP is what you do to move web mapping data into ArcGIS, QGIS workflows or an agency submission that specifies it.
What Happens When You Convert GEOJSON to SHP
GDAL reads the GeoJSON and writes a Shapefile. The format is old and carries real constraints that shape the result. A Shapefile is several files rather than one, typically .shp, .shx, .dbf and .prj, and all of them are needed for it to work. Attribute names are limited to ten characters and are truncated, which can produce collisions. Each Shapefile holds one geometry type, so a GeoJSON mixing points and polygons cannot become a single Shapefile.
Worth knowing before you convert
Text encoding in the attribute table is a known weak point of the format, so non-English characters in field values are worth checking after conversion.
About GEOJSON and SHP
application/geo+json
Geographic data structure.
application/x-qgis
Shapefile is a geospatial vector data format developed by ESRI. It stores geographic features such as points, lines, and polygons along with attribute data. Shapefiles are widely used in mapping, spatial analysis, and geographic information systems.
Conversion Notes
GIS format conversion preserves geometry and attribute data, but coordinate reference systems may differ between GEOJSON and SHP. Our converter re-projects coordinates where needed. Complex curved geometries may be approximated as straight-line segments in formats that don't natively support them. Attribute field names may be truncated in legacy formats with character limits.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Shapefile is a set: geometry, index, attributes and projection are separate files. All of them must stay together or the data will not open.