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You don't have to convert, MapGuide uses FDO:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fdo.osgeo.org/OSProviderOverviews.html">http://fdo.osgeo.org/OSProviderOverviews.html</a><br>
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So, you can use ArcSDE and SHP files as they are.<br>
If you _want_ to convert to SDF, you can try FDO2FDO:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sl-king.com/Fdo2Fdo/download/download.html">http://www.sl-king.com/Fdo2Fdo/download/download.html</a><br>
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I belive ArcSDE is capable of saving as SHP files.<br>
You can load SHP files through MapGuide Studio, or access them directly.<br>
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I know the OGR provider reports having point+line+polygon if the table<br>
contains a single polygon. I assume it is the same for PostGIS.<br>
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This makes MapGuide Studio set up styles for all three types.<br>
Trying to remove the style, leaves an ugly red cross in the legend.<br>
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You can use MapGuide Maestro to select what items should be avalible.<br>
Once done, you can re-open the layer in MapGuide Studio as normal:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/maestro">http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/maestro</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
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GISDOTNET skrev:
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<pre wrap="">Jason,
I think I answered part of my own question...Service=<Database Name> and
DataStore=<schema name>. I am now able to connect to the PostGIS database
and see my featureclasses; however, I notice that when I create a layer,
MapGuideStudio doesn't seem to recognize the geometry and I am bale to set
symbology for line, point, and polygon regardless of the actual geometry of
the feature selected. I had the same issue when I connected to the data as a
personal geodatabase using the FDO OGR provider. Any ideas?
Any other advice on converting from ESRI formats to SDF would be greatly
appreciated.
Aaron
JasonBirch wrote:
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<pre wrap="">For data management, an RDBMS is of course preferred.
Other options to ArcSDE/PostGIS would be something like SQL Server 2008
(cheaper than ArcSDE if you don't need the bells and whistles) or
something like the Oracle Express Edition (free, but with a rather
painful curve as you scale up). I'd encourage you not to give up on
getting PostGIS to work. Often you'll see that something like the wrong
version of the ssleay library is located elsewhere in the filesystem,
but I've always been able to get it working by putting the required dlls
in the FDO installation directory.
My preference in this regard though is to optimize for performance, and
if you do not need up-to-the-minute currency or web-based editing you
can see considerable performance gains by going to SDF or (if you're
feeling adventurous) SQLite as the data storage format.
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: GISDOTNET
Subject: [mapguide-users] Spatial Data Formats Best Practice
I have worked with ESRI web technology for the past 9 years and am
getting up
to speed with MapGuide Open Source 2.0.1 and the FDO providers. While
there
are numerous FDO providers, I would like to know what the preferred or
best
practice data format is for MapGuide OS 2.0.1? My overall preference is
to
go with a RDBMS spatial solution like ArcSDE or PostGIS; however, I am
completely flexible. I have gone through dll hell trying to get the
PostGIS
FDO provider configured without success and ArcSDE comes at a steep
price.
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