ArcGIS layer format

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Am I correct in saying that the ArcGIS layer format for styling maps (*.lyr) is not an OGC approved format? And this is the reason that QGIS cannot read the *.lyr files?

You are not correct in thinking that QGIS only supports OGC styling formats. — nmtoken, Dec 13 '16 at 10:28

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The .lyr format is a closed ESRI only format. It has not been reversed engineered. If it was, we could add support in theory but I suspect it would be an expensive task.

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answered Oct 18 '13 at 13:09

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There is a partial workaround of converting .lyr to .sld but it requires ArcGIS present to do the conversion: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/24300/adding-layerfiles-lyr-to-qgis – matt wilkie Aug 23 '17 at 18:12

ArcGIS layer format

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