OpenDocument Spreadsheet

.ods

Supported

ODS is an open standard spreadsheet format defined by OASIS, used by LibreOffice Calc, OpenOffice Calc, and other office software. Similar to Excel XLSX, coordinate column data in ODS files can be used for GIS format conversion. ODS is based on ZIP-compressed XML format and is a truly open standard.

Specifications

Standard: OASIS

MIME: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

Key Features

Open standard format with no patent restrictions
Natively supported by LibreOffice/OpenOffice

Advantages

Ideal choice for free software ecosystem
Functionally equivalent to XLSX but fully open

Limitations

Limited commercial software support, smaller ecosystem than Excel

Common Use Cases

Managing and converting coordinate data for LibreOffice users
Geographic data exchange in open standard environments

Related Tools

ODS → GEOJSON