[postgis-users] Exporting to ESRI's ArcGIS

Thu Sep 14 05:32:29 PDT 2006

ArcMap/Catalog also can read data from PostGIS in the same way as regular
ArcGIS datasources using Data Interoperability Extension (from Safe
Software). You can found presentations on
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/about/demos.html
and evaluate the extension downloading from
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/evaluate.html

One problem is the gap from postgis versions (very fast atualization from
Open Source Community) and DI supported versions (very slow from comercial
company). When I tried this extention I suffer a bit with postgis 0.9x to
1.x formats. See
http://www.nabble.com/ESRI-Data-Interoperability---ArcGIS-%2B-PostGIS-tf185458.html#a516819posts.

Another problem is the read only capabilities when directed access (can be
write with import/export tool).
When I tested, the support for schemas was not good and I felt some
frustration about performance also.

Regards.

2006/9/13, P Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org>:
>
> On 9/13/06, alex bodnaru <alexbodn at 012.net.il> wrote:
> ..
> >
> > i might be wrong, but if i remember correctly, mapserver may masquerade
> > as imsserver.
>
> Perhaps, but that is another complication, another layer to run.
> Although Bruce's comments make it seem that it might be difficult,
> even impossible, to make ArcGIS recognize PostGIS as a datasource, it
> would be superbly fantastic if it were possible. As I said earlier,
> existing ArcGIS shops would generally have no problem with where the
> data are coming from, and that would allow PostGIS to infitrate and
> exist in such environments. After a decade or so of being away from
> ArcGIS, I have been using it once again for the past few months. The
> backend stinks, but the frontend is actually pretty darn nice. That is
> something the open source world would have to spend a lot of effort to
> recreate, and it may simply not be worth doing so (well, it may be
> worth doing so, however, you know what I mean...).
>
> Hopefully, in time...
>
>
>
> >
> > P Kishor wrote:
> > > On 9/13/06, Bruce Rindahl <rindahl at lrcwe.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> There is an extension called pgarc that that has most of the
> > >> functionality
> > >> you might be looking for.  See:
> > >> http://pgarc.sourceforge.net/
> > >> I have taken the code and made some changes.  I ported it to the new
> code
> > >> for 9.x.  It will load the extent of the display view and defines the
> > >> projection for the resultant shapefile that is loaded on the local
> > >> machine.
> > >> It can write to a PostGIS database but the functionality is limited -
> I
> > >> haven't really needed it.
> > >> I have had limited success in contacting the authors of pgarc to see
> > >> if they
> > >> are interested in updating the project.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Well, if you have managed to make it work with ArcGIS 9.x, that is
> > > indeed very sweet. Poking around in the pgarc website, I see that one
> > > of the project managers is 'spatialguru' or Tyler Mitchell. I am
> > > pretty sure he is on this list, if not, he is certainly on the
> > > MapServer list. He will readily respond to any queries/offers to help.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I know nothing about coding ArcGIS, so I am only a very
> > > keen and eager user of such a utility.
> > >
> > > That said, it seems to extend ArcGIS -- I would much rather prefer to
> > > extend PostGIS so it emulates (something like imsemu) an ArcGIS
> > > compatible dsn. That way, an existing ArcGIS installation need not be
> > > disturbed, but can happily use PostGIS data, and PostGIS gets a really
> > > nice, albeit neither free nor open source, viewer for its data. Great
> > > for existing ArcGIS shops that might want to incorporate PostGIS for
> > > backend data management instead of putting up with SDE (I know of one
> > > such shop personally).
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> > >> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of P
> > >> Kishor
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:25 PM
> > >> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> > >> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Exporting to ESRI's ArcGIS
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, no help here (am curious about this meself), but I have a
> > >> related question -- anyone figured out how to view PostGIS data in
> > >> ArcGIS?
> > >>
> > >> On 9/13/06, Michael de Armas (Micotan) <michael.dearmas at micotan.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks, for the suggestion.
> > >> >
> > >> > Is that the only way? Let's say that, for some reasons, I cannot
> > >> install
> > >> > PostGIS in the PC where the app will run and/or I don't want to
> call an
> > >> > external program to do the job.
> > >> >
> > >> > I was thinking something like saving the geometry to a GML file,
> but I
> > >> don't
> > >> > know if ESRI could read the GML that PostGIS generates.
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