Am I correct in saying that the ArcGIS layer format for styling maps (*.lyr) is not an OGC approved format? And this is the reason that QGIS cannot read the *.lyr files?
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You are not correct in thinking that QGIS only supports OGC styling formats. – nmtoken Dec 13 '16 at 10:28
The .lyr format is a closed ESRI only format. It has not been reversed engineered. If it was, we could add support in theory but I suspect it would be an expensive task.
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There is a partial workaround of converting
.lyrto.sldbut it requires ArcGIS present to do the conversion: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/24300/… – matt wilkie Aug 23 '17 at 18:12
