G.I.S to CAD question. Anyone help?
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Hi All
Sorry about the totally un-sketchupness of this question but I can't find any help anywhere else so I thought I'd ask here.Does anybody know anything about G.I.S software?
I need to convert some free Ordnance Survey district maps that are in a tab.vector format to dwg or dxf so that I can use them in CAD. I know virtually nothing about G.I.S, I'm using a free program called Quantum GIS that opens the tab maps and they look beautiful but I can't do a lot with them as I don't really understand the software.
Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.
By the way free Ordnance survey district maps available here: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html
jon
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Hi Jon,
I'm not a GIS specialist. But sometimes I use Global Mapper to save a terrain in DXF. There is also a trial version that you should try.
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper/product/download_complete.php
Charly
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Thanks Charly
I'll try that
jon
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Without wanting to speak too soon I may have 70% sorted this out by using a free software program called dxfauthor that converts GIS shapefiles (Shp.) to dxf. Seems to work well on everything but the largest files.
I'm going to try opening the others with the Google / Trimble Shapefile (*.shp) Importer.
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where can you actually download the maps as it seems there is no link to actual maps...or I can't find them
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