mxd2qgs is a simple script which converts an MXD file to QGS file and also create a thumbnail of the MXD.

Requirements

• Tested on ArcMap 10, Python 2.7 and Quantum GIS 2.0.1
• Libraries: Arcpy, xml.dom.minidom, xml.dom.ext

Supported (and tested) formats

• Vector file (eg. shapefile, GDB)
• RASTER file (eg. tif, AIG)

Run

python mxd2qgs.py -m mymap.mxd -q mymap.qgs