[mapserver-users] Using e00 files

[Peter N. Schweitzer]

On 02/02/2010 11:32 AM, Jon Miner wrote:
> Now, I'm trying to layer on information from the GRANIT website:
>
> http://www.granit.unh.edu/
>
> ftp://ftp.granit.sr.unh.edu/pub/GRANIT_Data/Vector_Data/Transportation_Networks/d-railroads/rrnh.e00
>
> These files are "e00" files. Based on some other mailing list entries,  I used the ogr2ogr command to convert the file into Shapefiles:
>
> ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" temp ../data/rrnh.e00
>
> then copied the files into my data directory, and added a new layer to the map file:
>
> LAYER
>    NAME "rail"
>    TYPE LINE
>    STATUS on
>    DATA nhrail
>    CLASS
>      NAME "Railroads"
>      SYMBOL 0
>      COLOR 168 0 184
>    END
> END
>
> Something is wrong since the line data does not get rendered. Maybe there is a better approach instead of converting to Shapefiles?

Jon,

The rr data are in NH state plane coordinates--are the other data you
are using in the same projection?

Peter
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