Input file
TEC
- Full Name: Tecplot ASCII Data Format
- Developer: SIL International
Output file
LPK
- Full Name: ArcGIS Layer Package Format
- Developer: ESRI
What is TEC file?
The .TEC file extension stands for TECkit Compiled Mapping File and is used by the TECkit component of the SIL shaping engine. It stores a compiled mapping that is used to convert text encodings between different systems. This compiled mapping is optimized for faster encoding and decoding of a specific set of encodings and it contains no interpretable source code. The TECkit mapping file can be used to convert characters from a character set like Unicode to legacy character sets like MacRoman. [ ⏩ ] TEC file extension
What is LPK file?
The LPK file extension stands for LPK, which is the Layer Package file format used by ArcGIS, an industry standard Geographic Information System (GIS) software developed by Esri. It is generally used to exchange vector, raster, geodatabase, and annotation layers between different desktop-based GIS programs, or to easily share ArcMap projects with others. [ ⏩ ] LPK file extension
How to convert the file from TEC to LPK?
To successfully convert the TEC file to LPK, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.TEC). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case LPK (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than LPK).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. TEC to LPK. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting TEC files to LPK files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension LPK, while before this step we had the TEC file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new LPK file, or not.