On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>   I was sent a file with the .mpk extention and need to determine whether it
> can be viewed or converted on a linux host. My Google search suggests that
> it's a type of Microsoft Project file.
>
>   Has anyone here seen or worked with this type of file before? It seems to
> me that every time an open source project develops the ability to open a
> proprietary Microsoft format, work with it, and save it in a different
> format Microsoft changes that format to make it more opaque.
>
> Rich

Rich, I think in your context it is likeley an Arcgis map package
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0911/share-and-document-maps-with-map-packages.html
esri also produces more than its share of proprietary data formats. I
don't know what application to use for it, but "rm"
might work.

Bill
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