Can ArcGIS Pro import coverages (.adf files)?

[JoshuaFlickinger1]

I haven't been able to find any information related to how coverage files are treated in ArcGIS Pro - other than they don't seem to show up properly in the Project pane when I connect to my data directory.   Is there an import tool I've overlooked or should I take this to mean coverages aren't supported in Pro?  If they are not, is there a plan to support coverages in the future?

[DanPatterson_Retired]

there are no coverage tools Tools that are not available in ArcGIS Pro—Appendices | ArcGIS for Desktop

so do your conversion in arcmap prior to bringing into pro.

also Supported data types and items—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop

arcpy stuff Coverage FeatureClass properties—ArcPy Functions | ArcGIS for Desktop

[JosephKerski]

My end users don't have ArcMap - they only have Pro... what should I do?

[GerryGabrisch]

I had to revive a project from 20 years ago and the data were coverage files.  QGIS can still convert coverages to file formats that ArcGIS Pro can read.  Just add the correct file when adding vector data.  You might find more help here.  https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/211315/open-arcinfo-files-in-qgis

[RebeccaStrauch__GISP]

and if you have access to Desktop, besides arcpy, you can also just use the toolbox to convert it into a geodatabase featureclass.  If you use multiple featuretype within the coverage, e.g. the arcs, points, polygons and regions (which was common back in the workstation days), you may need to covert more than one type.  Just an fyi

[curtvprice]

They were pretty clear at the ArcGIS Pro holistic testing two years ago November that there are no plans to support coverages in Pro. However my Python function that runs Workstation still works from Python 3.4 arcpy so all is not lost.

[JosephKerski]

Curtis - my students have Pro, not ArcMap.  What should they do?

[JosephKerski]

Can I run your script in Pro?  

[DanPatterson_Retired]

give it a try... Pro imports toolboxes, scripts will run if they are python 3.x compliant and even if they aren't you can run py2to3 on them.

The big change for most users is print is now a function ie  

print("this") instead of ... print "this"

nothing to lose since coverages don't appear to be covered anymore

[curtvprice]

My script requires that you have workstation installed. Probably don't want to go there. 🙂