[GRASS-user] Can GRASS Import an ESRI .mpk File?

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   I was sent a large (21M) ArcGIS file in ESRI's proprietary .mpk format.
Will any of the tools available within GRASS import this file?

Thanks,

Rich

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doesn't look good - see:
http://www.geomapp.net/docs/ContentPackaging_v1.0_final_20111202.pdf
On Mar 16, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

I was sent a large (21M) ArcGIS file in ESRI's proprietary .mpk format.
Will any of the tools available within GRASS import this file?

Thanks,

Rich

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doesn't look good - see:

http://www.geomapp.net/docs/ContentPackaging_v1.0_final_20111202.pdf

even if you can crack open the .mpk package, the .mxd files inside are in a proprietary binary format

Stu

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On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Stuart Edwards wrote:

doesn't look good - see:
http://www.geomapp.net/docs/ContentPackaging_v1.0_final_20111202.pdf

Stuart,

   Looks like ESRI is also running scared of the F/OSS world. They seem to
define 'sharing' to mean only within their own software.

   Since ESRI has used .e00 and .shp for years I guess they need to invent
new formats to extract more money from users.

   I guess that 'rm' is the appropriate tool. I'll see if the folks who sent
the file to me will put it in a different format that can be used by all.

Thanks,

Rich