[OSGeo-Discuss] Support for '@' field type in a Shapefile.

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:32:33PM +0100, Sylvain Maillard wrote:
> There is a function like this for raster in GRASS : "*r.timestamp* -
> Print/add/remove a timestamp for a raster map"
> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass65/manuals/html65_user/r.timestamp.html
> 
> I don't know if it's using "@", but it should be visible in the source ...

A shapefile wouldn't be a 'raster map'.

-- Chris

> 
> @+
> Sylvain
> 
> 
> 2010/1/12 Ariel Nunez <ariel.nunez at geo-solutions.it>
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am currently working on adding support for reading and writing
> > timestamps on a Sapefile using GeoTools [1].
> >
> > On a talk with FrankW on #gdal I learned that the timestamp field
> > (code: '@')  is not supported by ogrinfo and also that it does not
> > enjoy much widespread use.
> >
> > My question is, apart from ESRI software, is anyone aware of a OS
> > library or software package that supports such field type?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Ariel.
> >
> >
> > [1] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-2903
> > [2] http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html
> >
> > --
> > Ariel Núñez // GeoSolutions
> > http://www.geo-solutions.it/
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Christopher Schmidt
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