University of Nevada, Reno
Department of Geography
Spring 2009
Instructors: Gary Johnson
Geography 409/609
GIS Design Studio
Lab 1 – File Conversion
The purpose of this lab is to develop your skills in file conversion. In GIS there are data
stored in many different types of format. In this lab you will be asked to convert 4
different types of data to an Arc/Info format.
All the files are located at _instruct\ftpfiles
1.
Copy these 4 files into your workspace and convert them to an Arc/Info format.
(Notice the projection information for each file.)
a. assign1_g.dem – State Plane, zone 4626, units feet, nad27
b. assign1_topo.e00 – State Plane, zone 4626, units feet, nad27
c. NV_BND.DXF – UTM, zone 11, nad27
d. Counties.zip – UTM, zone 11, nad27
Note: if you do not have the winzip to un-compress these two files you can get a utility
tool out of the toolbox located at ftp://134.197.46.73/gisclass/g409_609/ToolBox
1. gzip.exe
2. tar.exe
3. sdts2arc.exe
4. sdts2cov.readme
5. sdts2cov.zip (needs to be un-zipped)
Put the different files in an ArcView layout and print the results of your file conversions.
Remember to have your name and the lab number in the layout. DO NOT HAND
WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE LAYOUT.
This is a PASS/FAIL lab. Late labs will be reduced 2 points each day they are late.
Due one week after the lab has been given to you.