Translator for ESRI geodatabase format
Bill Thoen <[email protected]>
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Is there anyone working on an open source translator for ESRI's geodatabase format, or is there a tool out there already that can read this format? It appears to be an Access file with embedded OLE objects (Shape files, etc.) but unless you have the proper licensed ArcGIS 9.1 components on your computer you can't extract the shape files. Seeing as I'm too cheap to want to purchase several thousand dollars worth of ESRI software just to translate GIS data into what I use, I'd sure like to hear that there's something available. If not, is there anyone able to do this and willing to open source a translator, if I can find enough funding to make it worth their while? - Bill Thoen GISnet -- www.gisnet.com