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I downloaded an LPK file from the Esri site that contains USPS defined zip codes. I'm working with QGIS on a Mac, so I converted the file to a .zip. There's a .lyr file that opened up in the zip, but I'm not able to open that up on QGIS.

Is there a way to convert the contents of an Esri layer package file (.lpk) into a shapefile with the associated data, and that I can open with QGIS on a Mac?

I looked into using utilities like 7-zip, but it doesn't seem to work on a Mac.

Apparently one of the .xml files in the layer package should contain a link to the actual data under the packagelocation tag, but I wasn't able to find that tag in the .xml files.

Does anyone know if that tag name might have switched?

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From the Comments it appears that the asker solved this by unzipping the *.lpk to find a *.sdc file that was then converted to shapefile format using instructions from NCSU Libraries' Geospatial Data Formats page:

With ESRI Data and Maps 2006, a standalone "Data Distribution Application" was included that converts SDC data files directly to shapefiles. This application may be downloaded from the Geodata Server at http://gisdata.lib.ncsu.edu/esri2006/data_maps/DDA/ [needs credentials] or off-campus from here [needs authentication]. A help file is also included at this download location.

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You just need 7zip. The archives that Esri uses are basically zip files but winzip and windows default zipping does not work. Use 7zip to unzip a layer package LPK,OR Mobile map package or VTPK or TPKX

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If you're looking for zip code boundaries in other formats, you should turn to the US Census Bureau:

Go to: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2013/main and choose "zip code tabulation area"

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    ZCTAs are not zip codes, which are used the USPS. ZCTAs are a Census Bureau invention roughly based on zipcodes but tailored to their needs. I've seen some estimates put the correlation to be only ~80% – winwaed Sep 17 '19 at 03:12
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Right click and extract the .lpk file using unzipping software. With a certain lpk file I then searched around and found a folder in the extraction that contained shapefiles.

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Disclaimer I work here.

You can get US Zipcode Boundaries via this API:

https://www.boundaries-io.com

The API shows US Boundaries(GeoJson) by zipcode,city, and state. you should use the API programatically to handle large results.

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    This website seems to have gone offline sometime since the answer was posted. – larsks Feb 27 '22 at 22:25
  • @larsks https://www.boundaries-io.com is the company page ,thanks.i will update the answer..MashApe was brought out by RapidAPI which hosts. Thanks. – Jeryl Cook Feb 28 '22 at 23:20