Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Wed, 30 May 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: see http://switchfromshapefile.org/ That's a great read! Seeing the 255 attribute limit brought to mind the original ARC/Info (which I used on a Prime and on early PCs in the late 1980s and early 1990s). Info was limited to 1024 characters per row which was often a serious constraint for environmental analyses. Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Wed, 30 May 2018, Martin Landa wrote: Back to my thread's question: Technically (other than compressed file size), are there advantages to using the .gdb over the .shp? see http://switchfromshapefile.org/ Ma, Thank you. That effectively answers my question. I miss the old .e00 format (used with GRASS-4.x) which had (still has) two advantages over shape files: 1) it includs topography and 2) it's in plain text easily read by humans and computers. Best regards, Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
Hi, 2018-05-30 14:57 GMT+02:00 Rich Shepard : > Back to my thread's question: Technically (other than compressed file > size), are there advantages to using the .gdb over the .shp? see http://switchfromshapefile.org/ Ma -- Martin Landa http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Landa http://gismentors.cz/mentors/landa ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Wed, 30 May 2018, Markus Metz wrote: See the GDAL documentation on ESRI File Geodatabase: http://gdal.org/drv_openfilegdb.html Markus, Thanks for the URL. It's been a while since I used a .gdb so having a reverence is really helpful. Back to my thread's question: Technically (other than compressed file size), are there advantages to using the .gdb over the .shp? Best regards, Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 2:04 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018, knussear wrote: > >> I have had success reading data from geodatabases in R and QGIS, but only >> vector layers. If they have embedded rasters you will need Arc to get them >> out. > > > As I responded to Thomas, they are easily imported into grass-7 as > directories, not files. I don't recall off-hand the specifics but the > discussion thread is probably in the mail list archive from last year. See the GDAL documentation on ESRI File Geodatabase [0] Markus M [0] http://gdal.org/drv_openfilegdb.html > > Rich > > ___ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Tue, 29 May 2018, knussear wrote: I have had success reading data from geodatabases in R and QGIS, but only vector layers. If they have embedded rasters you will need Arc to get them out. As I responded to Thomas, they are easily imported into grass-7 as directories, not files. I don't recall off-hand the specifics but the discussion thread is probably in the mail list archive from last year. Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
On Tue, 29 May 2018, Thomas Adams wrote: Have you figured out a way to read a geodatabase in GRASS? Thomas, Yes. The input must be selected as a directory, not a file. I know this because last year I started a thread on using geodatabase files and was shown how to do it by those who know. I'm sure it's in the mail list archives. For some reason I'm not finding it in my local grass mail file. Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
I have had success reading data from geodatabases in R and QGIS, but only vector layers. If they have embedded rasters you will need Arc to get them out. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Grass-Users-f3884509.html ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
Rich, Have you figured out a way to read a geodatabase in GRASS? I think it can be done in R, and with rgrass7 you can probably bring the data into GRASS. Shapefiles are pretty straight forward in GRASS. Tom On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 7:10 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > US National Wetland Inventory datasets are available in two flavors: > geodatabase and shapefile. What are the benefits of one format over the > other for use with grass, other than the former being much smaller > (compressed) than the latter? > > Rich > ___ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
[GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?
US National Wetland Inventory datasets are available in two flavors: geodatabase and shapefile. What are the benefits of one format over the other for use with grass, other than the former being much smaller (compressed) than the latter? Rich ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
