Appendix B:  File Suffixes

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.sip: SoLIM Solutions project file. Used to record project configurations and knowledge base.

 
.3dm: 3dMapper's data format for orthophoto-DEM pair.  Used by 3dMapper for visualization and terrain attributes calculations.
 
.3dr: 3dMapper's raster data format.  Used by SoLIM Solutions as the native raster data format.  All the environmental data layers input to SoLIM Solutions must be in this data format.  All the maps produced by SoLIM Solutions are in this format.

 
.csv: Comma-separated values file format. Can be edited by MS Excel or any text editor. Used by SoLIM Solutions as the filed sample base format in sample-based project.

 
.asc: The ASCII format for Arc/Info Grid.  Used to convert raster data between 3dMapper/SoLIM Solutions and ArcGIS.
 
_chk.3dr: Check file created by SoLIM Solutions.
 

.pal: Color Palette Files, used Color.

 

.ply: Polygon File, a text file generated from an ArcGIS polygon coverage, used in Value at Sample Sites

 

.lkt: Look-up Table File, the look up table used in Type Validation, creating soil property maps and Reclass.

 

.lab: label file for soils, used in Type Validation->pnt/lab vs. Map.

 

.pnt: point file for soils,used in Type Validation->pnt/lab vs. Map.