Fwd: [gislist] Mxp -> map conversion

[Chris Tweedie]

I did up a short tutorial on how to use Amein! with arcmap 8.3 at
http://chris.narx.net/?p=23

Unfortunately people seem to be running into problems using it with v9. IMO
trying to do it with XLST would be a very long arduous task, but if you have
had any success i'd be very interested.

Quoting Till Adams <adams at TERRESTRIS.DE>:

> Dear all,
>
> there is a tool which converts axl to mapfiles written by Primin Kelber
> (hello ;-)) who also was on the MUM this year. I'm not sure about the
> license ...??
>
> Greets, Till
>
>
> >> Hi,
> >
> >
> > Posting this message (from the gislist) to the MapServer and GeoTools
> > mailing lists as I think there may be interest within these  communities
> > for this tool. An earlier post a couple of months ago  didn't generate a
> > single reply, so I may be wrong :-)
> >
> >> I've developed a tool to export an MXD to an AXL (ArcIMS)
> >> configuration file. It works on both ArcMap 8 and 9 and does
> >> conversions of all (risky statement...) the symbology of ArcMap (both
> >> for vector and raster & truetype symbols on most supported data
> >> formats).
> >>
> >> I have tried to get someone interested in developing an XSL
> >> transformation of these AXL files into MapServer map files (or  SLD),
> >> but no
> >> one reacted unfortunately and I do not have the MapServer knowledge
> >> required nor the time to develop these. However, if someone creates
> >> such XSL (even starting with something fairly basic) I would be very
> >> happy to incorporate the functionality as one of the export formats
> >> of the tool.
> >>
> >> You can find the tool in the ArcScripts section on the
> >> support.esri.com website . The tool's name is MXD2AXL
> >> Greetings,
> >> Jeroen
> >>
> >> On 26 Sep 2005, at 16:46, Ed Dowding wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Thanks, Jeff, for the useful reply.
> >>>
> >>> Would anyone be able to help with the conversion? I have just one  file
> >>> (about 450k) that needs converting from mxd to .map.
> >>>
> >>> I have no idea if this is a lengthy process or not, but if it is
> >>> obviously
> >>> there will be remuneration.
> >>>
> >>> Please contact me off list if you're interested.
> >>>
> >>> TIA,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ed.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: gislist-bounces at lists.geocomm.com
> >>> [mailto:gislist-bounces at lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
> >>> Sent: 26 September 2005 13:50
> >>> To: gislist at lists.thinkburst.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [gislist] Mxp -> map conversion
> >>>
> >>> Amein! is the mxd-to-map utility, Avein! is the apr-to-map
> >>> utility...if
> >>> you use ArcGIS 9 you should be able to use Amein! (same URL as you
> >>> stated).
> >>>
> >>> Another good apr-to-mxd utility is Gix (http://gix.sourceforge.net/),
> >>> but the mxd-to-map utility is in development (according to the
> >>> website).
> >>>
> >>> Quantum GIS (QGIS, http://www.qgis.org/) does have an 'Export as
> >>> MapServer mapfile) option, but the last time i tried it it was
> >>> still not
> >>> fully functional.
> >>>
> >>> jeff
> >>>
> >>> Ed Dowding wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi ~
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm using MapServer (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/) on a project,
> >>>> and need
> >>>> to show style data with the information from an .mxp file.
> >>>>
> >>>> Alas mapserver doesn't support this format.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can anyone help?
> >>>>
> >>>> Would it be possible either to:
> >>>>
> >>>> o Convert the mxd to a map file using ArcView and Avein!
> >>>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avein/)
> >>>>
> >>>> o Give us some kind of human-readable version of the mxd file so
> >>>> we can
> >>>> code the map file ourselves
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks, gislist,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ed.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jeff McKenna
> >>> DM Solutions Group Inc.
> >>> http://www.dmsolutions.ca
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
>
> --
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüssen aus Bonn,
>
> Till Adams
>
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