[gdal-dev] FileGDB OGR driver test

[Jeff McKenna]

Hello everyone,

Today I am also testing the FileGDB support, and I was surprised to find 
that a wiki page in GDAL's 'buildhints' section had not been created, to 
record all of this great testing and discussion....so others don't need 
to search the mailing list. I have begun the document here, with my 
Windows notes: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FileGDB

Please anyone that has went through testing already please update that 
page with your own notes.

(I'd like to see this creating-a-buildhints-page as mandatory for any 
new format)

Thanks!

-jeff


-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/


On 11-04-04 12:05 AM, Ragi Burhum wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I am trying to test a new version of the FileGDB driver for OGR, but I
> lack enough FileGDBs to test :)
> If you have an *ArcGIS 10* FileGDB and would like to test the FileGDB
> driver (and report back), feel free to grab a gdal-trunk binary I made
> for Windows.
>
> All I want to know is if it works with polygons and lines, so feel free
> to test it with those types.
>
> Known issues with build / FileGDB driver
>
> - (driver issue) blobs and date fields are not handled at all
> - (driver issue) read-only (for now)
> - (build issue) I didn't include geos (means spatial operations will be
> bounding-box based)
> - (build issue) I didn't include the proj libraries (means a change of
> coordinate system will not work)
>
> you can use it like this:
>
> //create kml from FileGDB class
> ogr2ogr -f "KML" out2.kml
> C:\Users\rburhum\Desktop\FileGDB_API_VS2008_1_0beta3\samples\data\ExecuteSQL.gdb
> "Cities"
>
> //create shapefile
> ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" myshape.shp
> C:\Users\rburhum\Desktop\FileGDB_API_VS2008_1_0beta3\samples\data\ExecuteSQL.gdb
> "Cities"
>
> You can find the test binaries at
>
>
>   http://bit.ly/gdZqar
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> - Ragi
>