[Mapserver-users] Shape files-Novice

[Kieran J. Ames]

I remember some software available (google search United Nations, GIS,
raster, vector, MapScan) developed by the United Nations Statistics Division
that I THOUGHT did this kind of thing. I never tried it out but, here are
some links.
Kieran

http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo415/digitize.htm
http://www.ons.dz/unfpa/software/mapscan.htm
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2002/feb/06/news3.html


Björn Platzen wrote:

> Hi Sanjay,
>
> > Hi   How can i Convert/get picture files to shape files(.shx, .shp,
> > .bdf).Do we have any software available? Help .
>
> I don't think that there is some Software for converting Images (.tif,
> .jpg, etc.) into ESRI Shapefiles.
> I see, that you will have to load your Images into an ArcView-View and
> draw the Lines, Polygons and points on your own...
>
> But if I'm wrong and someone has such a mighty piece of software: Please
> tell me... It would save me a lot of time and money...
>
> Bye,
>
> Bjoern.
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