SA8 file format description

Many people share .sa8 files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .sa8 file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .sa8 files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.sa8 - DeLorme Street Atlas 8 Map Data

The SA8 gis files are related to DeLorme Street Atlas. The SA8 file is a DeLorme Street Atlas 8 Map Data. DeLorme Street Atlas is a route planning and GPS navigation software program containing street-level map coverage of USA and Canada.

Application:

DeLorme Street Atlas

Category:

GIS files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

DeLorme Street Atlas 8 Map Data related extensions:

.tdmb: Trimble Outdoors Navigator Map Bundle Data
.sd: ArcGIS Service Definition Data
.anr: DeLorme Street Atlas Route Data
.icv: WebALP Camera 3D Trajectory Data
.vtpx: ArcGIS Pro Vector Tile Package
.aptx: ArcGIS Pro Project Template

Naturally, other applications may also use the .sa8 file extension. Even harmful programs can create .sa8 files. Be especially cautious with .sa8 files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .sa8 file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.sa8

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .sa8 file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

a8, s8, sa, sai, sw8

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.s8: SIMUL8 Simulation
.sai: Burrows-Wheeler Alignment Tool SAI Data
.sa: Unix Shared Library
.a8: Cubicomp PictureMaker Animation Data
.sa: Unix Static Library
.sw8: SPICE Sweep Operations Output Data

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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