[Qgis-user] FW: Esri File Geodatabase API Is Now Available

[Matthew C]

Keep in mind that this is only for File Geodatabases (.gdb); Personal
Geodatabases (.mdb) are supported by PGeo and MDB OGR drivers.
-Matt

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Advrk Aplmrkt <avkaplmkt at gmail.com> wrote:

> YES. Our lab is trying to get out of the ArcGIS licencing "trap" which
> is prohibitively costly.
> The key would be a relatively easy way for us to convert our existing
> library of Arc geodatabases.
> Hope such a feature appears in QGIS very soon.
>
> On 7 June 2011 16:49, Spencer Gardner <spgardner at hntb.com> wrote:
> > That's the kind of scenario that I'm interested in. I don't care so much
> whether I can make extensive use of .gdb in QGIS, but it would be nice to
> have some way to convert a .gdb to a useable format for those cases where I
> can't control the format of the data that I'm receiving.
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> >>I think they are targeting service based applications that need to
> >>translate data for other uses, and given the low numbers of Mac servers
> >>out there I'm not surprised. They also stuck to their officially
> >>supported platforms which in the case of linux is actually only Redhat
> >>and SUSE. The same platforms you can run their other products on.
> >>
> >>One interesting idea would be if someone setup a website that takes the
> >>upload of a gdb and then offers the download of it's content in more
> >>open formats.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Alex
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