I have not come across *.ssf files before but I believe they are a Trimble GPS binary format. Someone has asked me if these files which he thinks have line/poly features can be imported for display in ArcMap 10.0.
I am keen to know whether this is possible because my research so far seems to indicate that they are for correcting feature accuracy rather than containing features.
Can *.ssf files be converted for display in ArcMap?
Answer
The ssf format is specific to Trimble, representing data directly off the GPS unit, and it is not a GIS format. The workflow in Pathfinder is to differentially correct this file and then export it into a desired format. From within Pathfinder there is a Menu option to export the corrected data to a shapefile.
As previously pointed out an alternative is the ArcGIS Trimble GPS Analyst Extension. Differential correction is however, still required.
Sorry, there is just not a non-commerical "free" solution for processing ssf files.
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