[gdal-dev] unable to open DGN

[Brad Hards]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:20:55 PM Martin Landa wrote:
> I am trying to open sample DGN file, but it fails. I guess that the
> reason is unsupported version (man pages says: Microstation DGN files
> from Microstation versions predating version 8.0 are supported for
> reading.)
As I understand it, version 8 is completely different.

> Is there any possibility how to read this file using GDAL library?
AFAICT, not unless you figure out version 8 format and implement it, or pay 
someone to do that work for you. Is it possibly to get the originator to 
provide it in some other format (e.g. DXF, noting that will lose the 
georeferencing)?

Brad