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Thanks for the quick/informative replies.<br>
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I'm looking into the FDO library and it appears that this approach will
not be, as you point out, "especially easy". I will follow up with the
fdo-users list as I move forward on that front.<br>
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There used to be an SDFLoader which could transform various input
formats into SDF(2?) including csv. This CSV approach was a simple way
to get data from any old legacy system into Mapguide. Does anything
like the SDFLoader exist to convert csv (or any simple neutral format)
to SDF3?<br>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:25:07AM -0500, Rick Steinberger wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It seems that SDF3 is the native data format for mapguide server. How
does one create SDF3 data without commercial software?
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I think the answer is "Use FDO": <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fdo.osgeo.org/">http://fdo.osgeo.org/</a>
Regards,
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Rick,
I believe SDF3 is fully supported by the open source FDO library. So
you could use something like fdo2fdo to translate other FDO supported
formats (like shapefiles for instance) into SDF files.
I won't claim this is especially easy ... but, it is possible.
The fdo-users list would be a good place for additional detailed
questions
on this front.
Best regards,
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