[Mapserver-users] File formats (MapInfo and DXF)

[Matthew Haines]

I'm struggling with file formats.  I've spent all day poking around in the 
archives and
googling around.  Here's my problem:

The New York City (Bytes of the Big Apple) map files come with the map part 
in
what seems to be shapefile format.  They unzip as .shp, .shx, .prj, and 
.dbf.  But the
street names seem to be in a .DXF file.

I have gotten things up and running using the shapefile and am happily 
panning
and zooming across the outline map of the Manhattan streets.  But I can't 
figure out
how to convert the data in the .DXF file so I can display them.  (I assume 
I'll add
them as a layer.)  I can also get that data in what seems to be  MapInfo 
files
(.TAB, .DAT, .ID, and .MAP).

Are there any free converters for these?  It seems like back in 2000 there 
were
several.  But I've installed OGR and GeoExplorer, and they won't touch the 
files.

Thanks,

Matthew Haines
http://www.nycPropertyResearch.com

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