<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Even Rouault <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:even.rouault@mines-paris.org" target="_blank">even.rouault@mines-paris.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br><br></div>ok, that one is actually known. It is also a defect of the FileGDB SDK. See<br><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4578" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4578</a> and<br>
<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4224" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4224</a><br><div class=""><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Thanks, Even. I should have looked through the Trac tickets myself before asking.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I guess that the SDK's limitations are just going to make .gdb files hard to use if there is compression or a custom coordinate system. </div><div><br></div><div>Too bad that the SDK's error message does not mention the custom SRS limitation although I found it mentioned in the PPT that Xavier pointed me at earlier (<a href="http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-170.pdf">http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-170.pdf</a> ).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I wonder if there is a way to determine if a .gdb is using a custom coordinate system so we can make a sensible error message.</div><div><br></div><div>I find that in ArcGIS Explorer, selecting the "Source Data" on the "Properties" dialog lists the Coordinate System by name followed by a number in parentheses. From the datasets I've tried, if the number in parentheses is zero, then it's apparently custom. Otherwise it the ESRI coordinate system number. I don't suppose anyone knows of a way to get at this information from the FileGDB API, do they? I will investigate further if no one replies. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the help,</div><div><br></div><div>carl</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div></div>