Converting ArcInfo Export Files to Shapefiles

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Converting ArcInfo Export Files to Shapefiles
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• Procedure using Workstation ArcInfo
• IMPORT to coverage.
• BUILD polygon topology.
• Check for correct topology with LABELERRORS.
• Create shapefile from coverage with ARCSHAPE.

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IMPORT from Interchange File to Coverage
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BUILD Coverage Polygon Topology
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Check for Label Errors
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Create Shapefile with the ArcShape Command
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• Procedure using ArcToolbox
• Enable the ArcInfo Workstation version of ArcMap
  using the ArcGIS Desktop Administrator.
• Use the Import From Interchange File tool to
  create a coverage from an export file.
• Build coverage polygon topology with the Build
  tool.
• Create a polygon shapefile from the coverage
  with the Feature Class to Shapefile tool.

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• Enable the ArcInfo Workstation version of ArcMap
  using the ArcGIS Desktop Administrator.

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• Use the Import From Interchange File tool to
  create a coverage from an export file.

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• Coverage path names cant contain spaces!

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• Build coverage polygon topology with the Build
  tool.

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• Create a polygon shapefile from the coverage with
  the Feature Class to Shapefile tool.

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• Shapefiles can contain only one feature class!

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• The final product can be used in ArcMap