dxf, shp file support ...

[Brent Fraser]

If you have ArcView you can use it's CAD
extension to load the DXF files and then
save them as shapefiles.  Depending on
the content and complexity of the DXF files,
this may be sufficient.  If you've got a lot
of text annotation in the DXF file you would
like to preserve, you may want to want to
use some of the Avenue code available on
the ESRI site to create a shapefile of
annotation.

If you don't have ArcView, you may need
to purchase a translator (although I've
heard that BlueMarble's free Geographic
Explorer does translations), or write some
software.

Brent Fraser
bfraser at geoanalytic.com
GeoAnalytic Inc.
#300 , 700 - 4th Avenue SW Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 3J4
Tel:  (403)213-2700 Fax:  (403)213-2707
www.geoanalytic.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Clark" <spclark at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 7:23 AM
Subject: dxf, shp file support ...


> I have an interesting question.
>
> Is anyone using the DXF file format with mapserver to import/ export files
to shp format.  I have some data in a proprietary GIS format and would like
to use it with mapserver.  I can export it to DXF but not SHP.  Is there a
utility that someone has written that will convert DXF files to SHP line
files?
>
> The other option would be to write a direct hack from my GIS file format
to SHP.
>
> Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Stephen Clark
> Geomatics Specialist
> Tantramar Planning
>
>
>