Import From VPF (Coverage)

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Summary

Converts a VPF table to an INFO table, or converts either an untiled VPF coverage or VPF tile to an ArcGIS coverage.

Usage

Syntax

VPFImport_arc (input_vpf, output, {tile_name}, {control_file}, {standard_vpf})
ParameterExplanationData Type
input_vpf

The name of the VPF table, untiled coverage, or tile to be converted. The full pathname must be specified.

VPF Coverage; VPF Table
output

The output table or coverage to be created.

Data Element
tile_name
(Optional)

The input VPF tile, if one exists.

String
control_file
(Optional)

A file that can be used to ignore specific VPF feature classes or three-dimensional coordinates during translation. The name of this file is defined by the user.

File
standard_vpf
(Optional)

Specifies whether nonstandard VPF tables will be converted.

  • NO_EXTRAThis option prevents VPFImport from importing extra tables created using VPFExport. This is the default.
  • EXTRAThis option only needs to be used if the data being translated was converted to VPF using VPFExport.
Boolean

Code Sample

VPFImport example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to import a coverage from VPF format.

# Name: VPFImport_Example.py
# Description: Import coverages from a VPF tile
# Requirements: ArcInfo Workstation

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"

# Set local variables
inputVpf = "vpfLibrary/lib_000:hydro"
output = "C:/output/coast1"
tileName = "E/J/B/D"
standardVpf = "NO_EXTRA"

# Execute VPFImport
arcpy.VPFImport_arc(inputVpf, output, tileName, "", standardVpf)

Environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: No
ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: No
ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Requires ArcInfo Workstation installed
3/3/2014