[GRASS-user] Issues With ArcGIS Data Files

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   I've a problem that I hope folks here can help me solve. A client sent me
a dvd with data from their ArcGIS system, but some files are in the
proprietary .lyr format and some of the .shp files are empty. This is in two
of seven subdirectories. The data are proprietary and company confidential.

   Is there any tool other than ArcGIS that can extract usable data from a
.lyr layer file?

   The empty files will need to be resent to me.

Thanks,

Rich

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It looks like this is just a formatting file …

"LYR: Layer File

A .lyr file is directly readable only by ArcGIS software and other newer software applications. This file does not contain actual geographic data, but rather contains specifications for the presentation of other datasets. Such specifications include color shading, naming, label properties (font, color, placements, etc.). Such presentation properties are usually time consuming to create, so a .lyr file allows these settings to be saved and shared. In order to use a .lyr file, you must also have a seperate data file with the same prefix name saved in the same filespace.

So the other shape files etc should have the stuff you really need to use the data in GRASS

Stu

On May 9, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

I’ve a problem that I hope folks here can help me solve. A client sent me
a dvd with data from their ArcGIS system, but some files are in the
proprietary .lyr format and some of the .shp files are empty. This is in two
of seven subdirectories. The data are proprietary and company confidential.

Is there any tool other than ArcGIS that can extract usable data from a
.lyr layer file?

The empty files will need to be resent to me.

Thanks,

Rich

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On Mon, 9 May 2011, Stuart Edwards wrote:

It looks like this is just a formatting file .....

Stu,

   That's what my Google searches found. I read a couple of threads that
suggested the .shp files look very poor without the labels in the .lyr file.

   I'll get the corrupted files replaced and ignore the layer files.

Thanks,

Rich