Hello Barry, Jude, Barry Rowlingson <[email protected]>, [20110127 - 09:06:28]
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Noli Sicad <[email protected]> wrote: > > No. There is no way you can convert ArcGIS project file (*.mxd) to > > QGIS with or without ArcPy. Interesting question. > > > > You just have to add vector layers in QGIS project. > > Looks like a proprietary binary format: yes, it is. > http://viswaug.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/deployment-hassles-with-the-black-box-mxd-file-format/ > > If you have ESRI products then it might be possible to write a simple > Qgis project file containing the layers for all OGR and GDAL layers > (not ESRI geodatabases, of course) but that would require some Arc > programming. WIthout ESRI products you are stuck unless someone can > reverse-engineer the mxd file format, or if the paths to things like > shapefiles and geoTiffs are stored in plain text within the file. > > Could you do this: > > Start ArcGIS, load one shapefile, save the MXD. Add another > shapefile, save as a new MXD. Load a geoTiff. Save as a new MXD. Put > those MXD files somewhere we can download them... I'd like to see how > obfuscated this format really is. We are currently in the phase and design/write an MXD-converter for at least UMN MapServer Mapfiles. Transforming the result to QGIS XML-format would then be some sort of finger exercise... I would love to read more about Barries reverse engeneerings of the 'obfuscated' format. TIA Stephan -- Stephan Holl <[email protected]> | Tel.: +49 (0)541-33 508 3663 Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 OS | AG Osnabrück - HR B 18998 Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
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