[postgis-users] Import GeoDB into PostGIS?

[Abram Gillespie]

Matthew,

Thank you for the tip.  This seems to be about the most viable option
(short of a custom export solution ... which just might be what the
doctor ordered).

-Abe

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Matthew Snape <SnapeM at rpsgroup.com> wrote:
> Do you have access to ArcGIS?  If so have a look at the Data
> Interoperability extension.  It uses FME, and in my experience does a
> very good job at uploading to PostGIS.  You can usually get a trial
> licence of the extensions if it's a one time thing.
>
> Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Abram Gillespie
> Sent: 23 February 2009 14:06
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> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Import GeoDB into PostGIS?
>
> Thank you for the help, everyone.
>
> Turns out I misunderstood the requirement.  The file format is, in
> fact, a "File Geodatabase" (as introduced in ArcGIS 9.2).  There are
> no tools yet that support this format, right?  Again, it's size is so
> large that converting to an intermediate format does not work.
>
> Thanks again,
> -Abe
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Chris Hermansen
> <chris.hermansen at timberline.ca> wrote:
>> ogr2ogr will save you.
>>
>> Abram Gillespie wrote:
>>> Is there a direct way (something akin to shp2pgsql) to import data
>>> from a personal geodatabase?  I have an acquaintance whose geodb is
> so
>>> large that exporting to shp always times out.  Was hoping there was a
>>> way to skip the middle step.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Abe
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