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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's good to know. I wasn't aware of that. I can use that as an intermediate step to separate things out.<BR>
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regards,<BR>
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Jacob<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Milo van der Linden<BR>
Sent: Thu 11/1/2007 14:45<BR>
To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR>
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer and PostGIS GEOMETRY type<BR>
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In the mentioned FAQVector, the geometry types are selected seperatly.<BR>
If you use ogr2ogr to convert to shape and point to a directory instead<BR>
of a file, the _point _line and _poly are constructed automatically if I<BR>
am correct!<BR>
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Frank Warmerdam schreef:<BR>
> Delfos, Jacob wrote:<BR>
>> Thanks, Flavio. Currently we're actually evaluating the "Professional<BR>
>> edition" of FME. But I'd prefer to be able to recommend an Open-Source<BR>
>> solution to our client, and I think ogr2ogr may be simpler to<BR>
>> batch-process. But obviously at the end of the day I'll have to<BR>
>> recommend whatever works best, even if it costs.<BR>
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> Jacob,<BR>
><BR>
> FME is an excellent investment for any shop doing a lot of GIS<BR>
> data processing. However, if the primary concern is splitting<BR>
> a gis layer into geometry type specific layers, this can be<BR>
> accomplished as described in the second FAQ at:<BR>
><BR>
> <A HREF="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQVector">http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQVector</A><BR>
><BR>
> Best regards,<BR>
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Milo van der Linden<BR>
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