Scanning has to be followed by computer processing to join up, follow and extract the lines in vector format for storage in a cartographic database.

The ai file format is a common vector format for exchange and its feature set allows creation of relatively complex vector artwork.

Sandulenko still works on the interface from time to time, hoping to restore its "former glory" in the new vector format.

It is an application for conversion of files from one vector format into another one.

The EVA format differs from other vector formats because only the changes in vectors over time is recorded instead of information per frame.

The list of proprietary and public vector formats is maintained in the main article.

Most vector formats implicitly support transparency because they simply avoid putting any objects at a given point.

More complex vector formats may allow transparency combinations between the elements within the graphic, as well as that above.

An image file format may store data in uncompressed, compressed, or vector formats.

Other formats, such as PDF, are primarily vector formats which can have bitmaps pasted into them.