Sorry I do not agree with that, within a MXD file you can find additional geo referenced objects, called Elements. These kind of elements could be markers and images (for more information have a look at the ESRI ArcObjects API [1]). Also these additional objects can be userdefined, means, every mxd file contains different objects. Properbly you need additional programming tasks to get these objects converted and transformed into a standard datastore. But if you like to extract styles you should check out the arcmap2sld project [2]
Cheers, Frank [1] http://bit.ly/fwc8BP [2] http://apps.geoinform.fh-mainz.de/arcmap2sld/ArcMap2SLDConverter_Eng.htm 2011/4/21 Steve Way <[email protected]> > > Hi Ashley, > An MXD only contains styling information and pointers to your ESRI > datastores (shp, SDE, GDB, WMS etc) - It does not contains any geographic or > attribute data. > You can migrate the styles in the MXDs to SLDs and use geoserver to configure > a datastore against a shapefile or SDE datastore fer example to serve the > data. > Regards, > Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashley Mort [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 21 April 2011 15:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Geoserver-users] working with MXD file > Our customer would like to be able to import the data from an MXD file. > Is this feasible? Is all the data be self contained in the MXD file? I > can't find a lot of information on the MXD file format. Any comments > are appreciated! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation > -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top > priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve > application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting > the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > DISCLAIMER: > This email may contain confidential information and is intended only for the > use of the specific individual(s) to which it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any > unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this email or the information > contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you received > this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at Infotech or > [email protected] and delete the original message. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload > Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top > priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve > application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting > the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise Lean software platforms are now widely adopted and the benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfemails _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
