[postgis-users] Can ArcView view the maps stored in postGIS tables?

[Mark Leslie]

kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm new in this mailing list and I'm still a
> newbie.
> 
> The organization I'm working for still stores their
> GIS maps in shape files (SHP). Recently, the number of
> SHP files had become unmanageable as the map grows.
> Thus, they're looking for spatial database product to
> store their aps.
> 
> Yesterday I showed postGIS being viewed by Quantum
> GIS, and my superiors became interested in open-source
> spatial database. Problem is, our organization is
> currently using ESRI ArcView, and they are reluctant
> to "migrate" their current viewer to ArcView. Bottom
> line; we has to retain ArcView as their GIS viewer.
> 
> We are not creating our own maps though; the map
> creation is outsourced to third-party GIS consultants,
> so we only use ESRI to view the maps.
> 
> My question is: can ArcView view the map stored in
> postGIS tables? And if they can, is the feature "out
> of the box", or do we need some third-party connector?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Kresh
> 
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Have a look into the ArcGIS Data Interoperability product at
http://www.esri.com/software/standards/interopdata.html.
A quick scan shows it's for ArcGIS 9.2, so it may not help with ArcView,
but it may be worth digging a little deeper.

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Mark Leslie
Software Architect
LISAsoft Pty Ltd
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