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Format

ESRI Arc/Info Export File

Summary

Name
ESRI Arc/Info Export File
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/226
Format type
GIS
Description
ESRI ArcInfo Export File Format (also known as ArcInfo Interchange File Format) is a vector file format which is produced by ESRI and pre-dates the shapefile. It is as an export file used to enable coverage, grid or TIN and an associated INFO table to be transferred between different machines, which are not connected by any type of file sharing network. A volume has the extension .E00 through .E99. A non-authoritative version of the specification can be found at: http://avce00.maptools.org/docs/v7_e00_cover.html
File extensions
e00, x00, e01, e02, e03, e04, e05, e06, e07, e08, e09, e10, e11, e12, e13, e14, e15, e16, e17, e18, e19, e20
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

ESRI Arc/Info Export File

Note
Header line beginning with EXP, followed by a constant of 0 or 1. Footer sequence ASCII: ..EOI..EOS..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
4558502020[30:31]
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
454F49{0-2}454F53{0-2}0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    ESRI Arc/Info Export File: Added additional external signatures e01-e20. Requested by National Library Australia.

  • Updated in V52

    Release date
    7 September 2011

    ESRI Arc/Info Export File: Format information supplied by the Geospatial Multistate Access and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP). Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.

  • Added in V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010

    ESRI Arc/Info Export File: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.