Thanks for the quick/informative replies.

I'm looking into the FDO library and it appears that this approach will not be, as you point out, "especially easy". I will follow up with the fdo-users list as I move forward on that front.

There used to be an SDFLoader which could transform various input formats into SDF(2?) including csv. This CSV approach was a simple way to get data from any old legacy system into Mapguide. Does anything like the SDFLoader exist to convert csv (or any simple neutral format) to SDF3?


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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:33:13 -0400
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:25:07AM -0500, Rick Steinberger wrote:
It seems that SDF3 is the native data format for mapguide server. How does one create SDF3 data without commercial software?

I think the answer is "Use FDO": http://fdo.osgeo.org/

Regards,

Rick, I believe SDF3 is fully supported by the open source FDO library. So you could use something like fdo2fdo to translate other FDO supported formats (like shapefiles for instance) into SDF files. I won't claim this is especially easy ... but, it is possible. The fdo-users list would be a good place for additional detailed questions on this front. Best regards,
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