Not sure what you're seeing that screams "SQLLite", but I found this line on the final "Post 8.2" slide regarding access options interesting:
"Home grown open source spatial data API (e.g. GDAL, FDO)" P. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Dave Fuhry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody know if the .gdb format is SQLite-based? I remember > hearing rumors that ESRI's next geodatabase file format was to be. > I'm unable to find anything confirming or denying this online. > > I read > http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/pug07/papers/workshops/file-gdb.pdf > as giving strong indications that it is. > > -Dave > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Write an ArcGIS script to do all the work :) ArcGIS can export to >> Shape file and can read lyr files. >> >> Heck: http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12766 >> >> P. >> >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Raivo Alla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Thank you all very much for answers. >>> I am working on a project, where all data is in .gdb files and styles in >>> ArcGIS .lyr format. >>> I guess both - getting .gdb and .lyr files working in mapserver environment >>> - are at the moment not possible? >>> So I must convert convert .gdb files (using FME maybe?) to some readable >>> format like shapefiles (if possible) and >>> just type manually mapserver symbology files... uhh. >>> >>> >>> Raivo >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:19 PM, William Kyngesburye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: >>>> >>>>> Fawcett, David wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> .gdb files are ESRI's new File Geodatabase proprietary format. I am >>>>>> quite sure that OGR/FWTools does not support it. >>>>> >>>>> David, >>>>> >>>>> Ah thanks. Indeed they are not supported and it is hard to imagine they >>>>> will be supported for a while. ESRI has indicated in the past that they >>>>> intend to provide an open mechanism to access the file geodatabase and >>>>> that >>>>> is still likely to happen at some point. However, I think this would be >>>>> quite a few months away at best. >>>> >>>> Hmmm, and if ESRI provides it, then, like SDE, it probably won't be >>>> available for OSX (or other linux platforms?). Bleh. >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> >>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ >>>> >>>> "I ache, therefore I am. Or in my case - I am, therefore I ache." >>>> >>>> - Marvin >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mapserver-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >> > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
