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

We're working on fixing it) or off-campus from here. This application may be downloaded from the Geodata Server at (This link is broken. With ESRI Data and Maps 2006, a standalone 'Data Distribution Application' was included that converts SDC data files directly to shapefiles. Many ESRI Data and Maps datasets are natively in SDC format. SDC is ESRI's highly compressed format, which is directly readable by ArcGIS software, but not by ArcView 3.x.

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For information about additional formats, see The following list is not intended to be comprehensive, but only provides information on formats common in NC State University Libraries' geospatial data collection. Geospatial data is created, shared, and stored in many different formats. Academic Departmental Library Representatives.Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program.

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