Also see the SDTS_FAQ.txt file in this directory. The file stds.zip contains the programs that use sdts data. It is a zip file of all the *.EXE files in this directory Most of them came from ftp://sdts.er.usgs.gov. You can get all the source code at this site. I've compiled all of them using the April 15, 1997 sdts fips123 library. This release fixed a few of the known bugs. Most of the programs have little to no error checking. You must enter the complete file name for most of them. For the dumping programs and arc/info programs, you will need to figure out the name of the required file. The sum173.exe program will help. Several of the programs have comments in the source code that the tranformation values have been hard coded for dlg3. I used the wilmington dlg3 data (another version is known as the HY01 dataset) in stds format for testing some of these programs. You can get it at the above ftp site. Also, if you use winzip to unzip the files at mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts, be sure that the box for smart cr/lf conversion is UNCHECKED. Otherwise the data will be corrupted. When using FTP, be sure to use binary (image) transfer mode. Otherwise the files will be corrupted. Before contacting me with a problem, 1. be sure that my name is in the program, 2. check the file using some of the other programs. 3. if it works with the other program but not mine, then contact me. (otherwise it is problem with the library and I no longer will have anything to do with the sdts library.) Good luck, you'll need it. File Description ----------- ----------- SDTS2MIF.EXE Points and lines to mapinfo ATTR2MID.EXE Attributes to mapinfo SDTS2DXF.EXE Points and lines to DXF sdts2vec.exe to idrisi vec format sdts2dlg.exe to dlg format, needs dlgbld.exe and dosxmsf.exe pcatdump.zip dump the pc01.ddf attribute file in DLA format PTARC.EXE Point Module to Arc/Info GENERATE Compatible File Utility LINEARC.EXE Line Module to Arc/Info GENERATE Compatible File Utility POLYARC.EXE Polygon Module to Arc/Info INFO Compatible File Utility ATTRINFO.EXE Attribute Primary Module Information Utility to INFO format ATTRDUMP.EXE Attribute Primary Module Decoding / Dump Utility LINEDUMP.EXE Line Module Decoding / Dump Utility SUM173.EXE SDTS Summary Utility SDTSDUMP.EXE STDS Browse Utility SHOW173.EXE SDTS Browse Utility SHOW8211.EXE ISO 8211 Dump Utility WRDDF.EXE Write DDF File Utility --------------------------------------------------------------------- note: there was a sdtsdgn.c program at the site but it required 2 .h files and a library that I didn't have, so I could not create an exe. sol katz, blm, (skatz@blm.gov), May 31, 1996 updated July 16, 1997