1. Importing USGS Data into ArcView GIS Michael D. Hyslop GIS Analyst, Ecological Monitoring and Mapping Lab School of Forestry & Wood Products Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 49931-1295 mdhyslop@mtu.edu (906) 487-2308 http://emmap.mtu.edu/eupmug/

2. Formats “native” to ArcView Shapefiles Arc/Info coverages (PC & workstation) SDE files (via extension) Arc/Info grid files (with or without spatial analyst) Image data (more options with extensions) ASCII data (point as event theme; GPS data) CAD (dxf, dwg, dgn) files (via extension)

3. Formats you can import into ArcView.e00 files via IMPORT or IMPORT71 MapInfo files via MIFSHAPE DMA DTED, ASCII or binary grid, USGS DEM files (with Spatial Analyst) ASCII generate files (via script) AV3.2 includes sdtspoint2arc and sdtsraster2grid translators, can be used to import SDTS format DLGs and DEMs

4. Lots of data not directly compatible DLG data SDTS data, both DLG and DEM 1:24,000 & 1:2,000,000 DLG - SDTS only 1:24,000 DEM - SDTS only

5. Where to get USGS Data Eros Data Center: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html GIS Data Depot: http://www.gisdatadepot.com/

6. Tools to Import Data DLG2shp script (Mark Cederholm) http://www.pierssen.com/arcview/arcview.htm ESRI Data Automation Kit http://www.esri.com/software/dak/index.html FME evaluation copy http://www.safe.com/testdrv.htm DLG Files

7. Tools to Import Data BLM Utilities (Sol Katz) sdts2dem32 -- converts SDTS-format DEM to standard DEM ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/sdts/dem/win95/sdts2dem32.zip SDTS Extension (David G. Tarboton, Utah State) extension that converts SDTS-format DEM to grid http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/SDTSext.html FME evaluation copy http://www.safe.com/testdrv.htm sdtsraster2grid included with ArcView 3.2 SDTS DEM Files

8. Tools to Import Data BLM Utilities (Sol Katz) sdts2dlg -- converts SDTS-format DLG files to standard DLG and sdts2dxf -- converts SDTS-format DLG files to DXF available from ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/sdts/dlg/win95/ SDTS DLG Files

9. Tools to Import Data Most of the above are available from a single location:

10. Data Import Tutorials US F&WS Tutorial, (Deb Southworh Green) Step-by-step procedures to get data into AV http://www.fws.gov/data/gisconv/sdtsovr.html Terrain Modeling with ArcView GIS, Mike Price, ESRI Six-part article available online or in ArcUser magazine http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0799/avmodel.html BLM Walkthrough Step-by-step instructions for importing SDTS DLG data ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/sdts/dlg/sdts_av.txt

11. SDTS Information and Utilities Data Sources NSDI Web Page of the USGS http://nsdi.usgs.gov/ SDTS Information SDTS Home Page http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/

12. SDTS Information and Utilities SDTS Translation help ftp://sdts.er.usgs.gov/pub/sdts/articles/ascii/translators.txt Public Domain software for SDTS http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/public_domain.html Digital Data FAQ http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/gcras/digfaq.html Technical Assistance Resources http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/gcras/techasst.html Tips on Using DLGs in ArcView http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/dlginav.html Translators and Utilities USGS

13. SDTS Information and Utilities http://software.geocomm.com/translators/ ArcView DEM DLG SDTS Translators and Utilities GeoCommunity

14. Importing USGS Data into ArcView GIS Michael D. Hyslop GIS Analyst, Ecological Monitoring and Mapping Lab School of Forestry & Wood Products Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 49931-1295 mdhyslop@mtu.edu (906) 487-2308 http://emmap.mtu.edu/eupmug/