[postgis-users] Shapefiles exported from PostGIS and ESRI ArcView 9 compatibility

[MarkW]

Do the shptree and related shapefile utilities that come with the osgeo
installs apply here? I've only used them in association with MapServer, so I
don't know if shptree's indexes are usable by ESRI software.

Mark

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Ben Madin
<lists at remoteinformation.com.au>wrote:

> G'dat all,
>
> We have a client (potential client) who wants some mapping done and the
> maps returned in shapefile format. In the contract they insist on specifying
> that the shapefiles are compatible with "ESRI's ArcView version 9" (their
> words, not mine).
>
> I don't have "ESRI's ArcView version 9", and don't intend on spending that
> sort of money (more than the contract is worth). However, I'm sure that if
> what we send back doesn't open in "ESRI's ArcView version 9" it will become
> our problem.
>
> Does anyone have any reason to suspect that a shapefile created using valid
> OGC geometry in PostGIS and exported using pgsql2shp would not or might not
> work on "ESRI's ArcView version 9"?
>
> Are there any issues that someone who is across platforms can help me with?
>
> (I routinely use shapefiles created using valid OGC geometry in PostGIS and
> exported using pgsql2shp in QGIS and MapServer and send them to other
> people, so I have no reason to be concerned except that the client insists
> on this line remaining the contract!)
>
> cheers
>
> Ben
>
>
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