[gdal-dev] ogr2ogr: Unable to open datasource [SVG, PDF] with the following drivers

[Even Rouault]

Klo,

> 
> it turned out afterall that DXF is not such a great choice in my case.
> `pstoedit` is best tool for rapid conversion, but it does not respect
> polygons present in initial PDF files, but it just samples polygons to very
> small lines which is such bad outcome.
> 
> Evan, or anybody else, can you please link me to SVG DTD that ogr2ogr would
> understand?
> The link provided here: http://www.gdal.org/drv_svg.html is dead, and on
> their (cloudmade) web portal I can find any information about their custom
> SVG format.

No formal DTD, but here's a sample file :
http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/autotest/ogr/data/test.svg

> 
> I also assume there is no tool that can make initial PDF valid for ogr2ogr.

No, it just needs a bit of extra coding in the PDF driver.

Even

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