[postgis-users] ESRI Geodatabases, relationship classes and PostGIS

[Martin Davis]

This seems like the basis for another good wiki article...   8^)

Paragon Corporation wrote:
> Juan,
>  
> Can't say I'm even a mildly competent user of ArcGIS products, but 
> hopefully the little I know about the topic will be of help to you.
>  
> For GeoDatabase -> PostGIS -  OGR2OGR  has worked well for me, its 
> free, and also can deal with other formats as well. 
>  
> We have some of the more commonly used cases we use documented on our 
> site.  We recently added a Personal Geodatabase example which is 
> further to the end of the document
> http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=ogr_cheatsheet
>  
> For editing data in ArcMap
>  
> ArcGIS 9.3 has built in support, but I think you may need to purchase 
> the PostgreSQL SDE license to use it.  Check out Bill Dollins - 
> http://geobabble.wordpress.com  he has a number of articles on using 
> both builtin support and using ZigGIS
>  
> Paolo Corti - 
> http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/06/06/spatial-database-for-postgres-and-arcgis-users-how-to-choose/
>  
> Dave Bowman for some more examples of using ArcGIS 9.3 with PostGIS  - 
> http://blog.davebouwman.net/2008/05/12/PostGISRound2ReadingTheManual.aspx
>  
> If you are using ArcGIS 9.2 and below or you just need desktop editing 
> support (and are using ArcGIS 9.3) and don't want to pay for an SDE 
> license, check out ZigGIS plugin for ArcDesktop - 
> http://www.obtusesoft.com/pr.html
>  
> Hope that helps,
> Regina
>  
>  
>
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> *From:* postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net 
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Juan Declet
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:59 PM
> *To:* postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> *Subject:* [postgis-users] ESRI Geodatabases, relationship classes and 
> PostGIS
>
> Hi, all. I am evaluating PostGIS to determine if it can suit our needs.
>
> What I currently have is a personal geodatabase (.MDB) file, created 
> in ArcCatalog.
> This geodatabase has a number of relationship classes created in 
> ArcCatalog that are
> used in ArcMap to facilitate editing and addition of new features.
>
> What I am looking for is a spatial data server where I can publish 
> this geodatabase and make it available for ArcMap users to connect to 
> this data source and edit the dataset. In other words, I need an Open 
> Source equivalent to ArcGIS Server or Arc Spatial Data Server (ArcSDE).
>
> The questions are:
>
> 1. Will PostGIS recognize relationship classes created in ArcCatalog, 
> being that these are not exactly like those created in Access or in an 
> Access-like environment (i.e., relationship classes don't show up in 
> the Relationships window in MS Access)?
>
> 2. Can a client such as ArcMap connect to a PostGIS data source?
>
> I appreciate the input of seasoned PostGIS users in this matter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Juan Declet
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