Data format issues.

Dylan Keon keon at NACSE.ORG
Wed Sep 1 09:18:54 PDT 2004


On 09/01/2004 07:48 AM, Jerl Simpson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have found a great place for retrieving data.  HOWEVER the issue is
> the files are in .E00 ArcInfo Export format.  I would like to get these
> into a format I can use with mapserver (as an OGR connection is fine).
> Does anyone know of something that will convert these files into
> something I can use?  I have found at least one program, but it is part
> of another package that costs well over $1,000.  I don't particularly
> want to buy an entire package, for one function out of it.  And I really
> don't want to spend $1,000+.

Others have given good suggestions re: OGR.  If you're on a Windows box,
another option is the standalone ESRI import71.exe executable, which can
convert e00 files to binary coverages.

ftp://download1.geocomm.com/sd2/IMPORT71.EXE

--Dylan



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