Hi Francis, what does not portable mean? ArcMap handles UTF-8 fine, if the correct encoding is written into the .cpg file. Recent shapelib should handle this fine, too. If there is any problem with a specific GIS program, a bug report for that GIS program might be the right thing to do.
Regards, Peter On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 19:18 +1000, Francis Markham wrote: > At the bottom of this page, for one: > http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=21106 > > But honestly I've found hard to find information about this. I'd be > very happy to be corrected if this is not the case! > > Cheers, > > Francis > > On 5 July 2010 19:09, Hermann Peifer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Francis, you wrote: > > > >> > I have heard that the use of UTF-8 in shapefiles is not portable. > > > > Where did you hear this? > > > > Regards, Hermann > > > > > > On 03/07/2010 04:40, Francis Markham wrote: > >> > >> Hi there, > >> > >> I'm trying to write data from a Microsoft Excel .xls file into a > >> shapefile, using OGR's Python bindings in Python 2.6. This is going > >> well, but I am having some problems when I try to write values that > >> contain so-called "smart quotes". Smart quotes are special > >> characters, defined as characters 0x91 through 0x94 in Windows-1252 ( > >> see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/goglobal/cc305145.aspx ). > >> > >> What is the best way to save this data to a shapefile using OGR? I > >> need the shapefile to be interoperable with other programs, including > >> but not limited to ESRI products. While I assume I could simply > >> translate these characters to standard ASCII, I would prefer not to if > >> possible. I also haven't tested the shapefiles with data from other > >> character encodings. > >> > >> I have heard that the use of UTF-8 in shapefiles is not portable. I > >> am also aware that shapefile.cpg can store a shapefile's codepage. I > >> don't know how to put these pieces together to create a portable > >> solution, however. > >> > >> Apologies if this is a newbie question, but I can't find answers on the > >> web. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Francis Markham > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev -- Dott. Peter Hopfgartner R3 GIS Srl - GmbH Via Johann Kravogl-Str. 2 I-39012 Meran/Merano (BZ) Email: [email protected] Tel. : +39 0473 494949 Fax : +39 0473 069902 www : http://www.r3-gis.com XING : http://www.xing.com/go/invita/8917535 _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
