[Qgis-user] How to open ESRI geodatabase in QGIS 1.8 and Gdal 1.9 on Ubuntu?

[Alex Mandel]

My understanding is that you keep your current gdal. And compile a 2nd
copy specifically to compile the plugin which you then move into the
plugins folder for your current gdal (from packages).

-Alex

On 11/07/2012 10:57 AM, Johan Nilsson wrote:
> Thanx :) Are a big help :) Just checked that I have minimun requements of
> the gcc compiler :) Now will I see where my GDAL folder are...or just
> uninstall it from synaptic? Have I understand i right, that the GDAL-bin
> don't have the ability to add drivers, and that is why I need to compile a
> new GDAL-bin?
> 
> /Cheers
> 
> 
> 2012/11/7 Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
> 
>> Looking at the gdal-build-mrsid helper tool, I think the pattern is:
>> 1. download the SDK from ESRI
>> 2. build a copy of gdal (same version you have on your system already)
>> off to the side with the FGDB plugin enabled
>> 3. Install/Copy that plugin into your ogr (gdal?) plugins folder
>>
>> I'm still digging to see if someone has written out a helper script or
>> more clear instructions.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 11/07/2012 09:47 AM, Johan Nilsson wrote:
>>> Peter. I think Add-vector-->Database-->ESRI personal geodatabase, are
>> just
>>> Personal Geodatabase, aka a JET-db or MS-access-database? ESRIs File
>>> database are what ESRI recommend to use, not the MS-Access typ of db
>>> because of bad preformance add a size limit of 1GB.
>>>
>>> I stilll try to understand what I need to do with GDAL and the
>>> ESRI-FileGDB... I need to uninstall the old GDAL things and stuff? Don't
>>> what to break the system...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/11/7 Peter Schürch <p.schuerch at meierpartner.ch>
>>>
>>>> I think I managed to open ESRI Geodatabase as a Database source without
>>>> any tweaking opening them as a Vectorfile and then choosing Database
>>>> (instead of File).****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Peter ****
>>>>
>>>> --****
>>>>
>>>> QGis 1.8, Windows 7****
>>>>
>>>> Meier und Partner AG, Switzerland, www.meierpartner.ch****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
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>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *Von:* qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
>>>> qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *Im Auftrag von *Johan Nilsson
>>>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 7. November 2012 13:07
>>>> *An:* qgis-user
>>>> *Betreff:* Re: [Qgis-user] How to open ESRI geodatabase in QGIS 1.8 and
>>>> Gdal 1.9 on Ubuntu?****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Thanx. Downloadig the FileGDB_API_1_2-32.tar.gz and also the 64-bit
>>>> version.
>>>> I have only compiled one thing in Ubuntu and that was a component in
>> Unity
>>>> (to get navigation buttom, to the left in stead of right, and during
>> that I
>>>> have a row, to row tutorial.
>>>>
>>>> Can this help me?
>>>> https://github.com/usgin/ncgmp/wiki/Installation-Example
>>>>
>>>> Thanx for al tips and helps /Cheers****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> 2012/11/7 Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>****
>>>>
>>>> On 11/06/2012 10:43 PM, Johan Nilsson wrote:
>>>>> How do I open ESRIs geodatabase .gdb-files in QGIS 1.8 and Gdal 1.9? I
>>>> have
>>>>> found on internet that the package OSGeo4W are needed, but this is only
>>>> för
>>>>> ms-windows, i suppose, but I run Ubuntu 12.04LTS. As I understand it,
>> is
>>>>> should also only bee possible for ArcGIS 10, not older versions of
>>>> ArcGIS.
>>>>> By the way, .gdb appears in Ubuntu as a folder with lot of files
>> inside.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Cheers Jjohan N
>>>>>
>>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> They can be opened on either Windows or Linux, what you need is the
>>>> gdal/ogr file geodatabase driver. This requires getting some files from
>>>> ESRI (free) and doing a little bit of compiling.
>>>>
>>>> I found this which should help. But I though there was a way that didn't
>>>> require a complete gdal compile.
>>>> http://www.paolocorti.net/2012/01/10/gdal_19_released/
>>>>
>>>> As for ArcGIS, there are several versions of Geodatabases, newer Arcs
>>>> can read older databases but not vice versa.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex
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