Read DWG Files

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:20:47 +0100, Irene Pérez <irenutxa2000 at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Can Mapserver read DWG files?
> I've read there are libraries colled "opendwg" that can do that. How should
> I have to configure them? 
> What would the map file look like? 
> Thanks a lot. 

Irene, 

MapServer and OGR do not support DWG files at this time.  There has
been talk of using the OpenDWG libraries to add it, but that work has
not been done.  And I would add it would still be a big job given the
complexity of DWG (and DXF) data. 

For now, I would suggest using some other software to convert to
a supported format.  The FME software from Safe Software has excellent
DWG support and is useful for all sorts of stuff, though it is a bit pricey. 

  http://www.safe.com/

I'm sure there are other options, at least for DXF if you can use autocad
to convert into DXF format. 

Best regards,
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