Hi Regina, Just for completeness, Bill was able to verify that zigGIS works fine with 9.3 as well.
-Abe On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Paragon Corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan > Declet > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
