[OpenMap Users] BIL and VPF Format Questions

A couple of questions:

1) BIL Format

I have a raster dataset in BIL format. I see no mention of this in the
documentation so I guess its not supported. Is there any way to convert BIL
format data to a format supported by OpenMap?

2) VPF Format

I have a vector dataset in VPF format and I am running the DescribeDB
utility as stated in the OpenMap faq. When I run it I get the following
output:

*****************************
Path to database: Global_Map
Database Name: globalm
Database Description: Generated Digital data based on the Global Map
Specification.
Database Libraries: area

area:
area:uses tiled data
area:Coverage names:pop bnd trans tileref hydro
area:pop:Coverage Description: Population
area:pop:Coverage Topology Level: 3
CoverageTable: java.io.FileNotFoundException: BinaryFile can't find:
Global_Map/area/pop//fcs.
area:pop:FeatureClassNames:
area:bnd:Coverage Description: Boundaries
area:bnd:Coverage Topology Level: 3
CoverageTable: java.io.FileNotFoundException: BinaryFile can't find:
Global_Map/area/bnd//fcs.
area:bnd:FeatureClassNames:
area:trans:Coverage Description: Transportation
area:trans:Coverage Topology Level: 3
CoverageTable: java.io.FileNotFoundException: BinaryFile can't find:
Global_Map/area/trans//fcs.
area:trans:FeatureClassNames:
area:tileref:Coverage Description: Tile Reference
area:tileref:Coverage Topology Level: 3
area:tileref:FeatureClassNames:
area:hydro:Coverage Description: Hydrography
area:hydro:Coverage Topology Level: 3
CoverageTable: java.io.FileNotFoundException: BinaryFile can't find:
Global_Map/area/hydro//fcs.
area:hydro:FeatureClassNames:
*******************************

The first exception says it cant find file

    Global_Map/area/pop//fcs

there is no such file, but there is a file

    Global_Map/area/population/fcs

The '//' is rather strange. In Windows if you put '\\' in a path it treats
it just like '\', but there may be a problem in the translation between Java
and Windows.

>From the output it seems OpenMap knows there is a correspondence between
'pop' and 'population', but why does it put 'pop' in the path instead of
'population'?

I am using OpenMap 4.5.3, Java 1.4.1, Windows 2000

Thanks,
Paul

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