Hello, As you are soon to realize, I am a complete n00b at Geotools still.
I am working on a project to create 3D Models of a building structure using OpenGL. The building structural data is stored in shape files and I am using Geotools to read it and display using OpenGL(actually I am supposed to read the data and store it in a MySQL Spatial database, but thats another story). I managed all the seemingly difficult part like reading the various geometries using datastore->featuresource->collection->and-so-on and implemented the visualization also. But the data in the .shp file is completely 2Dimensional like a Top View or Floor Plan. The 3Dness is got by using a zFact and BaseHeight column in the .dbf file. Earlier I was reading the .dbf data using FeatureCollectionTableModel and the World was well. But recently I got new data whose .dbf file my old code seems unable to read (get a zero on the model.rowcount). Now my requirement is simple: Read data from the .dbf file A few thing I have figured after some painstaking hours: 1. The DataStore can manage all the info from all the component files of the shape format (.shp, .dbf, .prj etc) 2. The DbaseFileReader could help me. But it seems like overkill at the moment (especially in light of point no. 1). Also I couldn't figure how to use it. The example code in the API doc seems bugged. 3. The FeatureType object could be used to determine the type and number of the attributes of the .dbf file columns (right?). But I can't figure how to get the data X( I am guessing the answer is so simple that no one has bothered to talk about it on the WWW (atleast as much as is reachable by Google) or it cannot be done. I am rooting of the former and hoping some of you could help me. Just to make it clear, what I don't want to do is: 1. Display labels and stuff using SDL 2. Make a shapefile and all I want is: 1. Get the data stored in columns of the .dbf file 2. Supernatural Strength (but that goes in another forum) Thank you in advance! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Read-data-from-dbf-file-tp4902284p4902284.html Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
