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Dear Rich,<br>
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>The HWSD is composed of a raster image file and a linked attribute database
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>stored in Microsoft Access 2003 format.
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It would be nice if the attributes were made available in a format using
open standards. That would make it available to those of us who don't do
windows.
Rich
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You are right.<br>
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There is a driver apparently more advanced than the OpenOffice.org one,
which I haven't tried yet:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview/index.php@MDBDriver.html">http://www.kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview/index.php@MDBDriver.html</a><br>
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I have inquired the data provider about the issue, and will let the
list know.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Luigi<br>
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