Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-05 Thread James Wood
As a QGIS and ArcGIS user, I am glad the file geodatabase support is there, so please don’t take the following negatively. I am the Spatial Infrastructure Manager for a statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 implementation here in the U.S., and we have successfully shared data with local public safety

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-02 Thread Even Rouault
On jeudi 2 août 2018 19:34:54 CEST Nyall Dawson wrote: > On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 at 18:21, Andreas Neumann wrote: > > However - I wonder if there would be a way to support both drivers? The > > Open Source driver as default for reading. And the FGDB driver for > > writing? > That's a great idea! > > I

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-02 Thread Alexander Bruy
чт, 2 серп. 2018 о 12:35 Nyall Dawson пише: > I'm not sure how this change would need to be made though. At the > moment if you install the closed driver in osgeo4w it's always used, > for both reading and writing layers. Even/Jürgen is this an osgeo4w > thing or a GDAL thing? Is it possible to ha

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-02 Thread Nyall Dawson
On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 at 18:21, Andreas Neumann wrote: > However - I wonder if there would be a way to support both drivers? The Open > Source driver as default for reading. And the FGDB driver for writing? That's a great idea! In the QGIS world we'd have to compromise a bit here and not allow edi

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-02 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Andreas, On Tue, 31. Jul 2018 at 12:05:52 +0200, Andreas Neumann wrote: > 2. Currently, it can only be enabled in the OSGeo4W version by selecting > the "gdal-filegdb" package. The standalone installer does not include > this package. > About issue 2: > @Jürgen: can you include the necessa

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-02 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Nyall, I agree - these are valid reasons not to replace the open source FGDB driver with the closed source one. However - I wonder if there would be a way to support both drivers? The Open Source driver as default for reading. And the FGDB driver for writing? Note that I don't want to enco

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-08-01 Thread Alex M
On 07/31/2018 02:28 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 at 20:06, Andreas Neumann wrote: > >> >> About issue 2: >> >> @Jürgen: can you include the necessary gdal-filegdb package also in the >> standalone installer - or are there license problems? >> > > -1 to packaging the gdal-filegd

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-07-31 Thread Nyall Dawson
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 at 20:06, Andreas Neumann wrote: > > About issue 2: > > @Jürgen: can you include the necessary gdal-filegdb package also in the > standalone installer - or are there license problems? > -1 to packaging the gdal-filegdb package by default. My rationale: - I've experienced lo

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-07-31 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Matthias, We need to be able to select an existing fgdb-folder (as seen by the OS it is just a regular folder). Currently, QGIS just opens the folder and then expects the user to pick a file, but currently we can't select a folder without traversing deeper into it. Andreas On 2018-07-31

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-07-31 Thread Matthias Kuhn
Hi, Just a quick question about the file vs. directory problem. Do we need to be able to select an existing directory or a new one? If it's the latter (new .gdb-folder), we can just use the existing file dialog, which will return a path to a file name (but not yet create a new file) and we can the

[QGIS-Developer] Question on FGDB support for "Save As" / "Export"

2018-07-31 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi, A Swiss QGIS user asked me if/how FGDB for export/Save as can be supported in QGIS - question specifically about the Windows distribution of QGIS 3.x. Sometimes, QGIS users have to deliver results in fgdb format, because their clients require it. A quick e-mail exchange with Even Roualt rev