[OSM-talk] Potential data from the Falkland Islands government

[Russ Phillips]

> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:34:59 -0800
> From: "Alex S." <maps at swavely.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Potential data from the Falkland Islands
> 	government
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> Russ Phillips wrote:
>> Matthew said:
>> The only program I have that can open the file is OpenOffice Draw, which
>> appears to turn it into a bitmap, but does at least let me view it.
>
> DXF is a text format - you can open it with any text editor.  Or convert
> it to SVG...

I noticed it's a text format, but after a quick scan, it didn't mean much
to me. But I've sent a copy to Christopher, as a colleague of his reckons
he can convert it to a shapefile, so I should be able to get it imported
soon.

Russ