The current problem is that anything outside of ESRI licensing couldnt access the FGDB. They have recently released a linux api for the format, though I assume that eventually there will be something that works. I believe there are some features on the NHD that cannot be done on the Personal geodatabase, hence using the FGDB. Your best bet is to ask if they can give you another format or find someone with a ESRI license. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Rich Shepard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rshepard@appl-ecosys.com">rshepard@appl-ecosys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
The USGS national hydrographic dataset (NHD) by states is available only<br>
as a FileGeoDataBase (FileGDB). When I look on the GDAL/OGR Web site I see<br>
that the Personal (PGDB) format is supported, but I don't see that the FGDB<br>
is.<br>
<br>
My attempt to subscribe to the gdal-dev list to ask was rejected (I cannot<br>
subscribe because I'm not a subscriber. Go figure.)<br>
<br>
Has anyone here experience with the FGDB and know how to import it to<br>
GRASS? The state data set I need is about 434M zipped and will take a while<br>
to download via my DSL connection.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Rich<br>
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