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<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Doubtful. I am guessing that he is referring to their newer file
geodatabase. <A
href="http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Types_of_geodatabases">http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Types_of_geodatabases</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
format is proprietary, but ESRI keeps saying that their intention is to open
it. The latest info from them is that it will be available at
version 9.4. I am guessing that this is a strategic decision rather than a
technical one. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Of
course, I have seen at least one ESRI File Geodatabase Team member on the
FWTools list (on an unrelated topic)... </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=176391514-06042009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>David.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tamas
Szekeres<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 06, 2009 9:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> McCown,
George<BR><B>Cc:</B> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[mapserver-users] When or if OGR can support ESRI file
geodatabase?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">George,<BR><BR>Did you mean ESRI
Personal GeoDatabase?<BR>Refer to <A
href="http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_pgeo.html">http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_pgeo.html</A>
in this topic.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Tamas<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/4/6 McCown, George <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<P>Does anyone have the scoop on whether OGR will be supporting ESRI file
geodatabase’s? </P>
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<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">George
McCown</SPAN></B><SPAN><BR></SPAN><SPAN
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