Thanks for the overview on this.. ede

On 04.08.2011 01:28, Martin Davis wrote:
> Yes, they are definitely positioning FGDBs as the replacement for shapefiles 
> - at least in their world.  FGDB has a lot of advantages for them - no limit 
> on file size, able to contain all of the weird and wonderful ESRI data 
> structures, and platform-independent.  Oh, and no 11-char limit on field 
> names!!!
> 
> <philosophy>
> Personally I can't see it replacing the role that Shapefiles play in the 
> wider geospatial world - that is, a (fairly( open, easily-accessible, 
> documented spatial data format.  The FGDB format is closed and proprietary - 
> only the API is somewhat open.  And it's written in C, which limits its use 
> in some situations.  Also, the FGDB format is very complex, and completely 
> tailored to support ESRI's needs, rather than a more general set of needs.
> 
> It would be GREAT to have a truly open geospatial format, which was 
> essentially a shapefile for the 21st century.  GML is NOT that format...  so 
> the field lies open
> </philosophy>
> 
> It would be great to have a solution for accessing FGDBs from Java (OpenJUMP 
> of course, but I'd also like to be able to read them from JEQL).  If OJ could 
> read them that should make it quite appealing for working with newer ESRI 
> data.
> 
> One possiblity is this work on a Java interface to the FGDB API.  If this 
> project has taken care of all the JNI nastiness, then it could be worth using.
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfilegdbexplore/ 
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfilegdbexplore/>
> 
> I know that the GDAL project is working on adding a driver for the FGDB API.  
> This is in C, of course, so not directly usable by OJ.
> 
> Martin
> 
> On 8/3/2011 8:27 AM, Larry Becker wrote:
>> It would seem that ESRI is positioning the "file geodatabase" as the heir to 
>> the shapefile.  They now have a cross-platform API that provides access 
>> without ArcObjects.
>>
>> http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/31841-Welcome-to-the-discussion-forum-for-the-File-Geodatabase-API!
>>
>> Is this something the JUMP community should look into supporting? 
>>
>> Larry
>>   


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