+1. Simple is good. On Aug 26, 2013 10:29 AM, "Mattmann, Chris A (398J)" < [email protected]> wrote:
> How about sis-shapefile just to be canonical and simple. > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: [email protected] > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Desruisseaux <[email protected]> > Organization: Geomatys > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:27 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Proposal for merging Shapefile branch to trunk > > >Which module name do you think would be preferable? "sis-shapefile" or > >something like "sis-esri" (or "sis-esri-formats", etc.) ? The later > >would keep room for future ESRI formats in the same module. I'm neutral > >on this topic, this is up to you. > > > > Martin > > > > > >Le 26/08/13 15:15, Travis L Pinney a écrit : > >> Those formats are common in ESRI shops, as well as Shapefiles. I am > >> not sure if they share common code because the formats are proprietary > >> and undocumented. The one I left off was ArcSDE but it may be good to > >> support that in the future with an API. > >> > >> Here is a good summary of the different ones. > >> > >> > >> > http://resources.arcgis.com/content/geodatabases/10.0/types-of-geodatabas > >>es > >> > >> GDAL works with these formats (with varying degrees of functionality) > >> as described below in the links to the GDAL documentation. > >> > >> Personal Geodatabases > >> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_pgeo.html > >> Prerequisites: unixODBC and MDB Tools > >> > >> File Geodatabases > >> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_filegdb.html > >> Prerequisites: ESRI provided FileGDB API SDK > >> > >> ArcSDE > >> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_sde.html > >> Prerequisites: ESRI provided ArcSDE client libraries > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Travis > > > >
