[OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

[George Silva]

A mxd stores simbology information, but it also stores any projections made
to the dataset (on-the-fly, not to the coordinates), grids, position of
layers, any other graphic objects, etc.

If I can remember right, apr was the extension for ArcView 3.x "mxd" and avl
is the .lyr files. The .lyr stores only simbology data, and they can be
exported from ArcMap, but they are a closed format that you _should not_
mess with.

George

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:46 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>wrote:

> George,
>
> To get this right, mxd are actually just a styling file similar to
> Arcview's apr and avl?
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:25 AM, George Silva <georger.silva at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > You must be confusing things here Maning,
> >
> > Mxd is the format that ArcGIS uses to store mapdocuments, while
> > shapefiles/database geometry data/coverages/rasters are displayed on that
> > map. If you only have the mxd you won't be able to convert anything to
> > shapefile. You need the original data.
> >
> > A Mxd is much like an HTML. It provides information on how content is
> > organized, but it's not content itself.
> >
> > George
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:21 PM, maning sambale <
> emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> No luck so far looking for a converter.
> >>
> >> Basically, I want to export geometry and attributes without the
> >> styling from an Arc's mxd format to shapefile.
> >>
> >> Any workaround here (other then looking for an ArcGIS installed
> machine)?
> >> --
> >> cheers,
> >> maning
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