I DON'T HAVE PC ARC/INFO AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW
HOW DO I IMPORT THE PACKED PC ARC/INFO FILES INTO ARCVIEW?
The data from our earlier Open-File Reports are in PC Arc/Info Packed
format. This format uses PKZip to "pack" the coverages. Pack is a PC Arc/Info
command that launches PKZip. This was our old way of doing things, we have
since changed our format. All our data are now released in Arc/Info interchange
format (*.e00 files). You can get around the fact that you don't have PC
Arc/Info. Try this if you want to look at the data in ArcView...
In this
example, you can change the folder [NAME] as needed. The folder [NAME]
refers to the name of the quadrangle, and you can call it whatever you'd
like. Create a new folder called [NAME] on the hard drive where you want
to use ArcView. Copy all the folders from the COVER directory on disk 1
to the [NAME] folder. Go into any of the new folders (contacts, outcrops,
etc.) under [NAME]. There you will see a single file called cover.zip.
If you have Winzip or PKZip, you can double click on the cover.zip file
and unzip it. Unzipping will extract a bunch a files. Launch ArcView. If
you go to the folder [NAME] the PC Arc/Info coverages will be available
as themes.
HOW DO I ACCESS THE LOOKUP TABLE FOR THE CONTACTS
COVERAGE IN ARCVIEW?
The lookup table CONTACTS.LUT contains a description of the map unit
labels (ITEM = LITH) used for tagging polygons in the CONTACTS coverage
in our digital geologic maps. In ArcView, you can view this lookup
table by using the "add table" feature.
The lookup table will be identified as "lut.dbf" and is located in
the CONTACTS folder. You can also join the lookup table to the polygon
attributes table of the CONTACTS coverage as follows:
USGS
- Vermont Project Home Page
USGS Home Page
USGS Geologic Information 
USGS Help Page