[OSGeo-Discuss] New to the list & A question

[Andy Kannberg]

Hello Chris,

Sorry it took me so long to reply.
ArcSDE isn't currently used. So actually, this isn't an issue. They've
chosen for ArcSDE support to be able to support the SDE type of data
if there was need to. However, they actually can access the data
directly via Oracle, without the need
for the SDE layer. (Correct me if I'm wrong, I got this info from the
app-guy who uses the application)

>From the answer I got from Tyler Mitchell, I understand that I could
also use GDAL/OGR for SDE support. Guess I am suggesting that to the
app-guy, and he van figure out the gory details :-)

cheers,
Andy

2009/5/6 Chris Puttick <chris.puttick at thehumanjourney.net>:
> For what reason are they running ArcSDE? The answer depends on the reason...
>
> Chris
>
> ----- "Andy Kannberg" <andy.kannberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello people,
>>
>> I am new to the list, and I have subscribed for the following reason:
>> I am a linux/unix consultant, currently deployed at a government. At
>> this government they use a GIS system, based on Mapserver. Additional
>> software is also used, like GDAL, GEOS, ECW, ArcSDE SDK, Xerces-c,
>> Oracle Instant client, GD, Proj, Fcgi and Postgis.
>> All is running on a RHEL4 system. The idea is to run this all on
>> Ubuntu 8.04. I've found all packages to be available on Ubuntu,
>> except
>> for ArgSDE SDK (Now a part of ArcGIS Server) and ECW, which is from
>> Erdas. ArcGIS server is propietary, and is only supported on RedHat
>> or
>> Suse.
>> ECW is a SDK from Erdas (www.ermapper.com), and, apparantly they've
>> changed their EULA and it says, it is now allowed to use the ECW SDK
>> within Mapserver. (This is second hand info, so please don't shoot me
>> if it is not correct.)
>>
>> So, my actual question is, is there an alternative to ArcGIS and ECW
>> ?
>> Would appreciate it if someone can shed a light on this, as GIS
>> systems are new to me.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Andy Kannberg
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