Re: Can Mathematica Ver 5 Import ESRI *.shp, *.shx and DBase *.dbf files??
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- Subject: [mg46571] Re: Can Mathematica Ver 5 Import ESRI *.shp, *.shx and DBase *.dbf files??
- From: Terry <tharter at attglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:34:01 -0500 (EST)
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I have Ver 5.0.0.0 running on a PC under Windows 2000
In[1]:= $ImportFormats
Out[1]= {AIFF, AU, BMP, CSV, DICOM, Dump, DXF, EPS, EPSI, EPSTIFF,
Expression, \
ExpressionML, FITS, GIF, HarwellBoeing, HDF, JPEG, Lines,
List, MAT, MathML, \
MGF, MPS, MTX, NB, NotebookML, PBM, PGM, PNG, PNM, PPM,
SDTS, SND, STL, \
SymbolicXML, Table, Text, TIFF, TSV, UnicodeText, WAV,
Words, XBitmap, XML}
.....Terry
bcd wrote:
>Below are the formats that are listed when $ImportFormats is evaluated on
>the Mac (OSX, Mathematica 5.0).
>
>I think the same parameter list on the PC is slightly different. Some of
>the formats have limitations, and it's best to use online help.
>
>Even though .DAT files seem to be correctly interpreted on the Mac, the
>extension doesn't show up in $ImportFormats. So, perhaps that isn't the
>tell-all statement I thought it to be.
>
>I've noticed some vagaries in trying to import files where I depend solely
>on the extension in the name to clue Mathematica as to what to do. So,
>lately I've taken to including the appropriate parameter in the Import
>statement, e.g. "CSV".
>
>Your question's subject suggests that you don't have 5.0, hence the post.
>
>-bcd
>PS: Yo Wolfram! I'm still waiting for my 5.0.1 CD ... but wait, if it still
>has warts, I can wait :-)
>
>AIFF, AU, BMP, CSV, DICOM, Dump, DXF, EPS, EPSI, EPSTIFF, Expression,
>\
>ExpressionML, FITS, GIF, HarwellBoeing, HDF, JPEG, Lines, List, MAT,
>MathML, \
>MGF, MPS, MTX, NB, NotebookML, PBM, PGM, PNG, PNM, PPM, SDTS, SND,
>STL, \
>SymbolicXML, Table, Text, TIFF, TSV, UnicodeText, WAV, Words,
>XBitmap, XML
>
>
>
>On 2/17/04 21:47, in article c0uua7$e8c$1 at smc.vnet.net, "Terry"
><tharter at attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Jens:
>> The file was supplied to me, and I do not have the application that
>>generated it, and so I cannot Export it to Postscript.
>>Any further suggestions? Thanks.
>>...Terry
>>
>>Jens-Peer Kuska wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>try to export it as PostScript and use pstoedit to get a Mathematica
>>>expression.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Jens
>>>
>>>Terry wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All Newsgroup Readers:
>>>> Subject line says it all. These files are Vector Image File formats
>>>>as determined by the
>>>>Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI).
>>>>Thanks to all who may reply.
>>>>......Terry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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