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Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data • DRG
Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data • DRG
Importing data: ArcInfo interchange file (.E00) • ArcInfo format • Very common file format for movement of data • Known as “interchange,” “export,” or “E00” file • Solves ArcInfo file system problem for data sharing • Easy to transfer from machine to machine or across file system; easy to distribute via the Network • Can be imported to ArcMap
Importing data: ArcInfo file structure Files associated with an ArcInfo coverage some of these files are associated with this data set
Importing data: ArcInfo file structure • Problematic file structure for file management • Directories for ArcInfo data sets cannot be altered, copied, or moved arbitrarily • Interchange file “packages” the coverage directory and info files into a single file • Interchange file can be copied or moved and then imported • Importing recreates original file structure
Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data • DRG
ArcInfo generate file ASCII coordinates in formatted file created by ArcInfo Workstation
ArcInfo generate file Imported with ArcCatalog
Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data (*.ddf) • DRG
Importing data: SDTS files • Spatial Data Transfer Standard • Publicly available data sets • Distributed by USGS in SDTS file format • USGS digital elevation model (DEM) data • USGS digital line graph (DLG) vector data
Importing data: SDTS files: USGS DEM data Imported with ArcToolbox
Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data • DRG
Importing data: SDTS files: USGS DLG data • Digital Line Graph (DLG) • Vector format data • Publicly available data sets • Distributed in SDTS file format • ArcInfo Workstation needed for full conversion of SDTS to GIS data sets
limited attributes Importing STDS DLG • ArcToolbox import
DLG to ArcInfo coverage Use ArcInfo Workstation for a full conversion
DLG to ArcInfo coverage Fully converted data set has full attribute coding
Overview • Importing data • ArcInfo interchange file • ArcInfo generate file • Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files • USGS DEM (raster) data • USGS DLG (vector) data • DRG
DRG • Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) • USGS topographic quadrangles • Scanned • Georeferenced • TIFF format
Homework Read: “Data Sources” and “Data Import” Start: Assignment 8