RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-03 Thread Fawcett, David (MPCA)
t this easily to a vector format like shapefile. David. -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of maning sambale Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:47 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to othe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-03 Thread George Silva
A mxd stores simbology information, but it also stores any projections made to the dataset (on-the-fly, not to the coordinates), grids, position of layers, any other graphic objects, etc. If I can remember right, apr was the extension for ArcView 3.x "mxd" and avl is the .lyr files. The .lyr store

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-03 Thread George Silva
A mxd stores simbology information, but it also stores any projections made to the dataset (on-the-fly, not to the coordinates), grids, position of layers, any other graphic objects, etc. If I can remember right, apr was the extension for ArcView 3.x "mxd" and avl is the .lyr files. The .lyr store

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-02 Thread maning sambale
George, To get this right, mxd are actually just a styling file similar to Arcview's apr and avl? On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:25 AM, George Silva wrote: > You must be confusing things here Maning, > > Mxd is the format that ArcGIS uses to store mapdocuments, while > shapefiles/database geometry da

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-02 Thread Noli Sicad
Maning, Reading again the post. I think my reply is wrong. Can SLD format can be convert to PostGIS then to shapefile? Noli On 8/3/10, Noli Sicad wrote: > Hi Maning, > > You can try ArcMap2SLD. It convert *.mxd to SLD. > > Download it here. > http://wald.intevation.org/frs/?group_id=32&relea

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-02 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi Maning, You can try ArcMap2SLD. It convert *.mxd to SLD. Download it here. http://wald.intevation.org/frs/?group_id=32&release_id=213 http://www.cadmaps.com/gisblog/?p=75 Regards, Noli On 8/3/10, maning sambale wrote: > No luck so far looking for a converter. > > Basically, I want to expor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)

2010-08-02 Thread George Silva
You must be confusing things here Maning, Mxd is the format that ArcGIS uses to store *mapdocuments*, while shapefiles/database geometry data/coverages/rasters are displayed on that map. If you only have the mxd you won't be able to convert anything to shapefile. You need the original data. A Mxd