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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Not sure if everyone saw this but I thought it might be interesting news. Does this mean that QGIS could potentially support ESRI .gdbs or am I misunderstanding something?</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Esri Media Relations [mailto:ESRI_Media_Relations@esri.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 03, 2011 11:57 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Esri File Geodatabase API Is Now Available<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><img width=152 height=65 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC21D4.8C4DE400" alt=" "><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Esri File Geodatabase API Is Now Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Integrate File Geodatabases into Applications without Using ArcObjects</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Redlands, California—June 03, 2011—</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Esri today released the Esri </span><a href="http://resources.arcgis.com/content/geodatabases/10.0/file-gdb-api"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>File Geodatabase API</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. This API allows developers to work with file geodatabases outside ArcObjects (the library of software components that make up the foundation of ArcGIS). With this API, developers can now create independent applications to view or modify data stored in a file geodatabase. Geodatabases comprise the native structure for ArcGIS to store, manage, and use geospatial data. With the Esri File Geodatabase API, developers can now create independent applications to view or modify data stored in a file geodatabase without having to rely on ArcObjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The File Geodatabase API is a collection of C++ libraries (.dll) for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux platforms that allows direct access to data stored in a file geodatabase. The API allows developers to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Create new file geodatabases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read file geodatabase schema.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Create schemas for simple features.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read, edit, and delete data in the file geodatabase.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Perform attribute and spatial queries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The File Geodatabase API does not replace ArcObjects as the recommended approach to interacting with the geodatabase.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information and to download the API, go to </span><a href="http://www.esri.com/filegdbAPI"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>esri.com/filegdbAPI</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About Esri</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. 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