e00 to something OGR can read

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 1/24/06, Jerl Simpson <jerl.simpso at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a program that will convert e00 files to something OGR can
> read.  Preferrably ESRI Shape files, but I really don't care.
> I found e002shp but it doesn't seem to retain all the information I need.
> There might be multiple versions of e002shp or even different authors.
>
> It would be best if I could do this command line in a *nix environment.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know.  I've tried to do this
> before but with little luck.

Jerl,

I would suggest you use the "avcimport" program to convert the
E00 file to an arc/info binary vector coverage which OGR can
read.

  http://avce00.maptools.org/

Best regards,
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