[Mapserver-users] Clueless newbie question

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jim Buzbee wrote:
> 
> I've been working on a quick proof-of-concept using mapserver and don't 
> understand the process of creating a map file for some data I acquired.
> 
> I went to http://seamless.usgs.gov/ , selected a region and downloaded a 
> few large zip files that were identified as being in ArcGrid format. 
> They extracted to something like :
> 
> 14195927/METADATA.DBF
> 14195927/METADATA.PRJ
> 14195927/METADATA.SHP
> 14195927/METADATA.SHX
> 14195927/METADA~1.HTM
> 14195927/14195927/
> 14195927/14195927.AUX
> 14195927/14195927/DBLBND.ADF
> 14195927/14195927/HDR.ADF
> 14195927/14195927/PRJ.ADF
> 14195927/14195927/STA.ADF
> 14195927/14195927/W001001.ADF
> 14195927/14195927/W001001X.ADF
> 14195927/INFO/
> 14195927/INFO/ARC.DIR
> 14195927/INFO/ARC0000.DAT
> 14195927/INFO/ARC0000.NIT
> 14195927/INFO/ARC0001.DAT
> 14195927/INFO/ARC0001.NIT
> 
> 
> Is there a tool available to convert this into something that mapserver 
> can use?  Or is there a better place to get some data?  Or did I 
> download the wrong thing?
> 
> I'm working mainly on a Solaris box, but if I need to, I can do the 
> conversion under windows.  I have no commercial products available.

Jim,

This is an arc/info binary grid coverage.  You can use it directly
in MapServer if you have GDAL support built-in, or use GDAL to convert it
to other formats.

   http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/frmt_various.html#AIG

Good luck,

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