I don't know how to get a multipolygon but I see that a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION is a group of already aggregated features. Try running them through a deaggregator transformer BEFORE the OGCGeometryExtractor to drop them into their component parts. This will also make the lines a lot shorter.
I'd have thought a homogeneous aggregate would create a 'multi' feature, and a non-homogeneous one a geometry collection; but that doesn't appear to be the case. If you need to find out how to create a multi type feature email us via [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll try to find an answer for you. Hope this is useful, Mark Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access --- In [email protected], Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jtgiermak wrote: > > > I have a lot of experience with GIS / RS software but just downloaded > > the FME for ESRI edition. I have successfully built several data > > translators, but run into a couple of problems. > > > > I am trying to output features from a geodatabase (polygons) into a > > CSV file using the OGCGeometryExtractor. > > > > Some polygons have a lot of vertices, yet the attribute properties > > maximum width for a text field (char) is 999999 characters. Is there a > > way to go beyond that? > > I always set it to 255 and then let FME take care of it. Never had any > problems that way. > > > some features output as GEOMETRYCOLLECTION and some as POLYGON. what > > do i need to do to output either MULTIPOLYGON or POLYGON ? > > I'm not sure, but perhaps if you try to aggregate the polygons that > should be output as MULTIPOLYGON that would work. > > Hope this helps. > -- > Hans van der Maarel > Red Geographics > www.redgeographics.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
