Do the shptree and related shapefile utilities that come with the osgeo installs apply here? I've only used them in association with MapServer, so I don't know if shptree's indexes are usable by ESRI software.
Mark On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Ben Madin <[email protected]>wrote: > G'dat all, > > We have a client (potential client) who wants some mapping done and the > maps returned in shapefile format. In the contract they insist on specifying > that the shapefiles are compatible with "ESRI's ArcView version 9" (their > words, not mine). > > I don't have "ESRI's ArcView version 9", and don't intend on spending that > sort of money (more than the contract is worth). However, I'm sure that if > what we send back doesn't open in "ESRI's ArcView version 9" it will become > our problem. > > Does anyone have any reason to suspect that a shapefile created using valid > OGC geometry in PostGIS and exported using pgsql2shp would not or might not > work on "ESRI's ArcView version 9"? > > Are there any issues that someone who is across platforms can help me with? > > (I routinely use shapefiles created using valid OGC geometry in PostGIS and > exported using pgsql2shp in QGIS and MapServer and send them to other > people, so I have no reason to be concerned except that the client insists > on this line remaining the contract!) > > cheers > > Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users >
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