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James,

Thanks for your follow-up on the topic of the lack of a direct converter
between Idrisi32 and Arc GRID formats.  I have done some research on the
topic, and it seems that if Idrisi were to become a business partner with
ESRI, then this lack of access to their proprietary formats would cease to
be a problem.  Considering that ESRI products are some of the most widely
used GIS products on the market, it would probably be a good move for all
Idrisi users if this were to happen.  This would open up so much more data
for our use without the constant questions about how to convert between the
Idrisi & GRID formats.

Best Regards,

Michael Olkin
GIS Manager
Town of West Springfield
26 Central Street ste 15
West Springfield, MA 01089-2742
(413) 263-3070
(413) 739-8748 (fax)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.west-springfield.ma.us/gis 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Toledano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:43 PM
> To: 'Michael Olkin'
> Subject: RE: Idrisi-L : ArcView to Idrisi32 Converter
> 
> 
> Michael,
> 
> We had been made aware of this development some days ago, and 
> like you, were
> very pleased that someone had made this available to the 
> community. It is
> our desire as well to have such an import and export routine, 
> other than the
> ArcRaster routine we recently developed. But as you are 
> aware, the GRID
> format is proprietary, and for several years now, ESRI has 
> been reluctant to
> share this format with us and allow it in the Idrisi system. We fully
> recognize that this is a necessary capability for both the 
> ESRI and Idrisi
> communities, so we continue to pursue this option with ESRI. 
> Hopefully in
> the near future we will have this resolved.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James Toledano 
> Executive Director 
> 
> Clark Labs, Clark University 
> 950 Main St. 
> Worcester, MA. 01610 USA 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> www.clarklabs.org 
> 508-849-2314 
> 508-793-8842 fax 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Olkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Idrisi-L : ArcView to Idrisi32 Converter
> 
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> As a long time user of both Idrisi and ArcView, I was 
> thrilled to see that a
> user has developed an ArcView extension that converts directly between
> ESRI's GRID format and Idrisi32 Raster format.  I am still 
> disappointed not
> to see such tools within Idrisi32, but hopefully this will change.  
> 
> Here's the link:
> 
> http://gis.esri.com/arcscripts/details.cfm?CFGRIDKEY=A700DE4D-
A5F6-11D5-9447
00508B0CB419

Regards,

Michael Olkin
GIS Manager
Town of West Springfield, MA
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