MyGeodata Converter - format converting, coordinate system transformation, data processing

General information: MyGeodata Converter allows you to read and write from/to a huge number of CAD and GIS formats - both vector and raster. MyGeodata Converter is more than only simply data converter! In contrast to common format convertion MyGeodata Converter allows sofisticated data processing during conversion. MyGeodata Converter also can be used as a powerful tool for collective data and attributes processing.

Solution: Use on-line MyGeodata Converter available HERE. Just pack all filles belonging to one or more datasets to a single ZIP file and follow instructions...

GIS Data & Maps (ESRI) -- Canada, Mexico, USA, World (CD2)

.shp, .lyr, .tif  for free
.shp can be viewed with most free GIS programs, including qgis, www.qgis.org, .lyr is proprietary and can only be viewed (as far as i know) with ESRI software, their free viewer (ArcExplorer) cannot view .lyr. .lyr's main purpose is to hold metadata, such as color and labels, so there is no info in them that is different than the info in the shapefiles.
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Download free shapefile maps

Thousands of shapefile maps can be downloaded for free from the following websites, including country shapefiles, shapefiles at province or state level, and other administrative boundaries maps. The shapefile (or ESRI shapefile) format is a geospatial vector format and one of the most common (if not the most common) map format.

Shapefile maps can be loaded into StatPlanet Lite and StatPlanet Plus to create interactive shapefile maps (see also: setting up a shapefile map). Please note that you need to download the map files in the ".SHP" format to load them into StatPlanet.

• Natural Earth - world maps - Excellent world shapefile maps with national boundaries, first order admin (provinces, states, etc.), disputed areas, coastlines, populated areas and more at various scale levels.
• Map Library - Country shapefile maps in the public domain. The World Bank alternative below sometimes has better maps, but not for as many countries.
• United Nations - UN-SALB (Second Administrative Level Boundaries) data set project. These maps are free but copyright rests with the UN. The maps are validated by the National Mapping Agencies (NMA) of each UN Member State. This website requires registration to download the maps.
• Geocommons - A huge database of user submitted maps. Search for any kind of map, then downlooad the shapefile as follows: click on 'Details' (not 'View map'). Select a dataset listed below. To download the shapefiles, select the 'Shapefile' button shown to the right of the map.
• World Bank - Country shapefiles can be downloaded through the World Bank's Mapping platform as follows: Click on 'explore countries' to select a country, click on 'download' in the top-right corner, and select 'Indicators (shapefile)'. This option is not available for all countries.
• MapCruzin - A great source for all kinds of shapefiles.
• Open Street Map - A growing collection of shapefile map downloads by continent, region and country. These maps are community edited and are not always complete. Shapefiles by country are also available from VDS tech.
• US Census Bureau - USA County and District Cartographic Boundary Files.

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Tutorial AutoCad to ArcMap and ArcMap to AutoCAD

Module content

This tutorial will cover how to bring a .dwg AutoCAD file into ArcMap and how to export ArcMap layers
for use in AutoCAD

Adding an AutoCAD file to an ArcMap Project

AutoCAD files can be directly added to an ArcMap project. When saving your .dwg file in AutoCAD

make sure that there are no spaces in the file name, for example Autocadfile.dwg. Save the .dwg in

one of your ArcMap project folders. In this case we will add an Ordnance Survey .dwg file to our

ArcMap project.

Open the .mxd project that you want to add the AutoCAD file to. Select Add Data and navigate to

the AutoCAD file you want to add. Select the .dwg file and click Add. 

download the full tutorial here

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Download Google Earth KML and KMZ to SHP converter

Need of transferring Google Earth Data to a GIS? Kml2shp transforms KML 
files into ESRI Shapefiles.

The KML file could contain Points, Paths and Polygons. When creating SHP 
files the information is separated into thematic layers.

For each shapefile (shp), an attributes table (dbf) and index file (shx) are 
created.

The kml to shp conversion consists of three steps:

1) Open KML file
2) Choose Shape Type
3) Select output Shapefile name

Optionally, you can change from WGS84 to a local datum and from Lat/Lon to 
UTM.

Also, Kml2shp can export to AutoCAD (DXF) and GPS (GPX)


Download a very useful and simple software to convert your KML or KMZ file (From Google Earth) to Esri   Shapefile (SHP)

Download here



Convert Google Earth data to a Shapefile

Tested with:
Firefox 3.5 (Windows, Linux and MAC OS)
Safari 4 (Windows, MAC OS),
Google Chrome (Windows, MAC OS)

SHP Files created by this tool work properly with ArcGIS

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