Hi Even, On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Even Rouault <[email protected]>wrote:
> Le mercredi 07 mai 2014 20:51:53, Larry Shaffer a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > GDAL/OGR 1.11 offers several new OGR formats [0] that need support added > in > > QGIS's source. I have added the OpenFileGDB format (because it was simple > > to do) [1], but don't have enough experience with the other database > > formats to add their support. > > > > * CartoDB : read/write support > > --> Not file based, but remote database. Should be dealt like others > myDatabaseDrivers cases > > > * GME (Google Map Engine) : read/write support > > --> Remote database too. > > > * GPKG (GeoPackage): read-write support (vector part of the spec.) > > --> File-based (similar to CSV) Extension is .gpkg > Should this be treated more like SQLite, or Spatialite, instead of CSV? https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp#L1274-L1428 Regards, Larry > > > * SXF: read-only support > > --> File-based. Extension is SXF > > > * WALK : read-only support > > --> Similar to PGEO. It is a MDB database > > > * WAsP .map : read-write support > > --> File-based. Extension is .map > > > > > Would anyone be willing to help add support for those? Looks like in > > addition to qgsogrprovider.cpp's createFilters( QString type ) that > > QgsVectorFileWriter::initMetaData() also needs updated. > > > > IMO, it would be good to then backport these to release-2.2 branch as > well, > > so current users may benefit from the new formats. I could add my commit, > > but seems like it would be better to add full GDAL/OGR 1.11 support at > once > > to that branch, excepting some formats if they will need more extensive > > support added first. > > > > [0] http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/Release/1.11.0-News > > [1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/a096cf4 > > > > Regards, > > > > Larry > > -- > Geospatial professional services > http://even.rouault.free.fr/services.html >
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