It was just a thought. Like I said, it was probably a crazy idea. Landon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:06 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, opendata format Landon Blake wrote: > P.S. - This is probably a crazy idea, but has anyone ever considered > talking to ESRI about cooperating on an update Shapefile spec? Landon, I believe ESRI sees the "file based geodatabase" as filling roughly the role that the Shapefile played in the ArcView 3.x days. Of course it isn't clear that it will be very open and interoperable with other software packages. I can't imagine a "upgrade" to shapefiles that would satisfy all our requirements that has anything but the name in common with the existing shapefiles. So why drag ESRI into it? Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- ------ I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
