[osgeo4w-dev] Convert Arcinfo binary coverages using the ogr_csharp.dll

[Alex Mandel]

Gerry James wrote:
> I am trying to embed a utility in a VB.NET application that will convert an
> ArcInfo coverage (not e00) to a shapefile.  I was able to import the ogr and
> osr dlls to the project and can convert other file formats quite easily but
> not these AI coverages.  It apparently won't even open the data set with
> Ogr.Open([coveragename], 0).  I have tried using each of the .adf files as
> coverage names as well as the parent directory (as should be the case) and
> still it won't open the dataset.
> 
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> Can someone point me in the right direction for this?
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> Thanks
> 
> Gerry

Looking at the docs
http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_avcbin.html

If you have an adf file it sounds like you have GRID on your hands, not
a vector dataset.

"If the directory contains files with names like w001001.adf then the
coverage is a grid coverage suitable to read with GDAL, not a vector
coverage supported by OGR."

Keep in mind this list is specifically for discussing the OSGeo4W
installation tool. Questions about specific sub-products outside of the
installation should be addressed to that project.

I would highly recommend you join the GDAL mailing list
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev

Alex