[Mapserver-users] ArcView 8.2 for preparing mapserver maps

[m.spring at gmx.de]

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Hi list,

a lot of us are using ArcView 3 as desktop gis, and there are at least
two solutions to convert its layer definitions into a mapfile.

Now ESRI tries to urge people to switch to 8.2 - I got a demo version
for this purpose. 

What I could not find out when playing with the demo is:

*Is there a human readable format for the map or layer definition as
the old .apr/.odb was?*

.mxd and .lyr are OLE containers which have binary structures inside,
and I did not find any documentation about these.

I would glad to get any information about this as it will influence
very much my decision to upgrade or not.

Markus
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