Conversion from AutoCAD to GIS Formats
Africa I. Flores · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 2014
Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)• Characteristics (.dwg):-Very accurate drawings -Based on a ground survey done by a certified professional surveyor (often) -CAD features are organized by layers,Complications to transform to a GIS file -No accepted named convention for CAD layers or length restriction for CAD layer names -"No Clean" CAD files• Stray or remnants pieces (lines or points) -Identify CAD drawing's coordinate system