[Qgis-user] ArcGIS Layer File

[Alex Mandel]

On 03/25/2014 09:16 AM, Ross Easterling wrote:
> ArcGIS Layer File
>  
> I’ve been trying to get the symbology of an oil and gas well shapfile that I
> downloaded from a State Oil and Gas Division into my map.  The wells all show up as dots in my map, but
> the convention for oil and gas symbols goes beyond dots.  
>  
> The shape file that I downloaded has a ArcGIS Layer file (*.lyr).  Can QGIS utilize a ArcGIS Layer file or is
> it proprietary?

Correct

  Is there a way the
> person who created that ArcGIS layer file save it as something QGIS  could open?
> 

http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/converting-an-arcmap-project-file-into-an-sld-document/

Not perfect but can help.

Thanks,
Alex