There's no reason to think the Shape files produced by shp2pgsql won't work in any and all versions of Arc.
P On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:23 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 > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
