Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 3.7, 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1
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Fix Version/s: 5.0
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Component/s: None
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Labels:None
Description
The current format for the colour palette (*.cpd) is not compatible with ArcGIS, maybe with other GIS as well. It would be an improvement, if the colour palette could be exported, either with an GeoTIF product or as a seperate file which could be imported in ArcGIS. In ArcGIS, colours are defined as "symbology" and can be stored as a layer file (.lyr).
Taken from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/formats.html:
LYR: Layer File
A .lyr file is directly readable only by ArcGIS software and other newer software applications. This file does not contain actual geographic data, but rather contains specifications for the presentation of other datasets. Such specifications include color shading, naming, label properties (font, color, placements, etc.). Such presentation properties are usually time consuming to create, so a .lyr file allows these settings to be saved and shared. In order to use a .lyr file, you must also have a seperate data file with the same prefix name saved in the same filespace.
Taken from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/formats.html:
LYR: Layer File
A .lyr file is directly readable only by ArcGIS software and other newer software applications. This file does not contain actual geographic data, but rather contains specifications for the presentation of other datasets. Such specifications include color shading, naming, label properties (font, color, placements, etc.). Such presentation properties are usually time consuming to create, so a .lyr file allows these settings to be saved and shared. In order to use a .lyr file, you must also have a seperate data file with the same prefix name saved in the same filespace.
