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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] HUGE X/Y Data Import into ArcView? |
| Date: |
11/21/2006 02:25:00 PM |
| From: |
Joe Luchette |
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You could load the text file into a database (Access perhaps) and then load
it into Arc, or you could use a text editor like Kedit to then save your
file as file format compatible with Arc (dbf or csv).
Joe Luchette, GIS Specialist
www.MapServing.com <http://www.mapserving.com/>
On 11/21/06, Smith, Travis <tsmith@mnsengineers.com> wrote:
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> Hi Listers,
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> I have a VERY LARGE ASCII text file (500,000 points and another with 1
> million), containing X/Y/Z points. I would like to import ALL of these
> into ArcView 9.1. Is there a straightforward way to do this? I first
> imported it into Excel, but found that Excel only imported the first
> 65,000 or so: doesn't help me.
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> With Excel's record count limit, I could parse the original file into
> NUMEROUS subsets, but this wouldn't be very efficient. Is there a way to
> import the source text file directly into ArcView, or, is there a better
> program to use?
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> Thanks very much,
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> Travis
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