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Convert APR to SHP

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Is it possible to convert APR to SHP?
Yes - APR converts to SHP.

The .apr itself is a project file, not data. The workflow: open .apr in a text editor to find paths to the referenced Shapefiles, then use those .shp files directly in ArcGIS Pro or QGIS. If the data was in ArcInfo Coverage format (not Shapefile), use ArcGIS or QGIS's GDAL driver to convert the Coverage to SHP. There is no direct apr→shp conversion - you access the data the apr points to.

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How to convert APR to SHP

Converting a .APR file to .SHP lets you open the content in software that prefers the .SHP format, though some details may change compared with the original. The programs listed below open .APR files and can save or export them to .SHP (or a closely related format). One of them is ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView): ArcGIS for Desktop Basic, formerly known as ArcView, is the entry-level tier of Esri's ArcGIS desktop GIS software suite for Windows. It allows users to view,….

A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.

Programs that convert APR

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView)

About these formats

.APR ArcView Project File

An APR file is an ArcView GIS 3.x project file created by Esri's desktop GIS software (1992-2002). It is plain ASCII text that stores references to map layers and data sources, not the…

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.SHP Esri Shapefile (geospatial vector data)

A .shp file is almost always an Esri Shapefile - geospatial vector data (points, lines, polygons) used by GIS software. It is one piece of a set: it needs its sibling files (.shx, .dbf, and…

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