Aha - that's why I like to ask questions on newsgroups rather than get secondhand news from Google! :)
This sounds really cool. One question, though...when you talk about downloading the "source code," are you saying your program is for Linux only? As much as I hate Microsoft, I'm still stuck with Windows XP. Actually, someone gave me a computer with a dual boot hard drive and SUSE installed, but I haven't had time to learn how to use it yet. Thanks for the tip! --- Jeremy Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > > I want to import some data into my database, but > it's > > in an ArcView Shapefile, which I've never worked > with. > > Does anyone know what kind of software I can use > to > > access this data? Actually, I'd probably import it > > into a spreadsheeet first, then save it as a csv > file > > and import it into my database. > > I've been working on a library called libmygis which > is able to read > varoius types of GIS data files (mainly Shapefiles > for now). > > You're in luck. I've recently gotten a working > version of > mysqlgisimport which is able to take a SHP/SHX/DBF > set and turn it into > SQL directly to be imported. > > You can grab the source code of libmygis at: > > http://jcole.us/software/libmygis/ > > If you have any questions or need help getting it to > work (hey, it's > new!) please feel free to drop me a line. Same goes > for feature > requests. :) > > Regards, > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Cole > Technical Yahoo - MySQL (Database) Geek > Desk: 408 349 5104 > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
