[Mapserver-users] E00 to SHP Conversion Utilities?

[Dan Barron]

Thanks Dave. Unfortunately, I have many many files to convert.  I do have a 
version of import71.exe dated 9-2002, however I'm not too familiar with it 
and the documentation it came with does not mention conversion of e00 to 
shp only to adf or arcgrid format.  Am I missing something?  Also, since I 
am looking to do many files, I prefer to automate the process, can 
import71.exe work in that context?

Dan

At 01:01 PM 3/6/2003 -0600, Lowther, David W wrote:
>Dan,
>
>The utility IMPORT71.exe that comes with Arcview is made for this... I'm not
>sure if it is available freely or not.
>
>If you just have a couple of files Dan send em my way and I'll convert for
>you.
>
>Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Morissette [mailto:morissette at dmsolutions.ca]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:01 AM
> > To: Dan Barron
> > Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] E00 to SHP Conversion Utilities?
> >
> >
> > Dan Barron wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a suggestion on the best approach to convert E00
> > > files to SHP files?  I have tried the FME Suite from Safe
> > Sowftware,
> > > are there other available tools/utilities to accomplish this
> > > conversion?
> > >
> >
> > FME is definitely the best option, but the license may be expensive.
> >
> > Unfortunately OGR doesn't support reading E00 files yet,
> > otherwise using ogr2ogr would be a good option too.  I'm sure
> > many GIS packages will allow import of E00 and export to
> > shapefiles, but I don't have any to suggest.
> >
> > However, OGR (GDAL 1.1.8) does support reading binary
> > coverages, so you can do the conversion in two steps if you want:
> >
> > 1- Convert your E00s to binary coverages using the
> > 'AVCIMPORT' utility at
> > http://pages.infinit.net/danmo/e00/index-> avce00.html
> >
> > 2- Use
> > 'ogr2ogr' (part of GDAL 1.1.8) to
> > convert the binary coverages to shapefiles.  There should be
> > some docs on using ogr2ogr on the OGR website at
> > http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/opengis/index.> html
> >
> > Daniel
> > --
> >
> >
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