ANNOUNCEMENTSJobsNevada Bureau of Mines & GeologyWashoe CountyCity of SparksOthers: DRI (Tim Minor)

Data ConversionCan your data be read by me?Can my data be read by you?What software do you use?Are there any standards for data conversion?

NSDI sets standards!!!SDTS: Spatial Data Transfer SystemMost Federal agencies produce data in this format.ArcInfo supports this standard: SDTSIMPORTSeveral processes must be run before you can run : SDTSIMPORTwinzipTarSDTSIMPORTSDTS2COV.amlSDTS2ARC.aml

Common File Formats:DXFSDTSUSGS DEMUSGS DLGArcInfo EXPORTArcInfo IMPORTArcView SHAPE filesStandard Data Transfer SystemDigital Elevation ModelDigital Line graphAutoCAD engineering format.shp .shx .dbfTIGER/LINETopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system

TIGER/LINE dataTIGER/Line 1999 (Bureau of the Census)Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing systemThe TIGER/Line files are a digital database of geographic features, such as: roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, census statistical boundaries, etc.

LAB # 1The purpose of this lab is to develop your skills in file conversion. In GIS there are data stored in many different types of format. In this lab you will be asked to convert 3 different types of data to an Arc/Info format.

All the files are located at: ftp://ftp.nbmg.unr.edu/NBMG/gary/GIS_409/ assign1_g.dem

SDS20040223_092710-2.txt.gz (sdts data)TGR32031.zip (TIGER98 data) G zip.exetar.exesdts2arc.exeWINZIPassign1_topo.e00NV_BND.DXFCounties.zipDue September ?, 2003 (Thursday 5:30 p.m.)

Other formats:Adobe IllustratorPostscriptRTL PIC to DXF

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