[gdal-dev] OGR with File Geodatabases

[Jeff McKenna]

On 12-10-15 12:59 AM, nicholas.g.lawrence at tmr.qld.gov.au wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I would like to use OGR to convert a MapInfo table to a ESRI file
> geodatabase.
> 
> I have downloaded and installed GDAL 1.9.0 but I still need the FileGDB
> API library.
> 
> I have downloaded the zip file from the ESRI website (for Windows XP),
> but what do I do next?
> 
> Do I have to comile the API, or just copy it into the plugins folder for
> GDAL?
> 

Hi Nick,

If you are just looking to use ogr2ogr to convert your tab file into
FileGDB on Windows, you can use MS4W (http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/).

-jeff



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