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Proprietary data formats are the stuff that they put in the Kool Aid that forces you to drink only their flavor.

DavidF
– DavidF

2010-12-02 18:19:22 +00:00
Commented Dec 2, 2010 at 18:19
Thanks DavidF - this is the answer I expected, even though it doesn't help much! I will request that they send the data in another format.

Darren Cope
– Darren Cope

2010-12-02 19:03:29 +00:00
Commented Dec 2, 2010 at 19:03
We are still waiting for the Geodatabase Open API - mentioned over 3 years ago...

Mapperz
– Mapperz ♦

2010-12-02 20:40:29 +00:00
Commented Dec 2, 2010 at 20:40
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Waiting for .Godot?

DavidF
– DavidF

2010-12-06 16:04:20 +00:00
Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 16:04
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As Matt Wilkie notes, this answer is now obsolete as ESRI has shared an API for file geodatabases.

jvangeld
– jvangeld

2012-02-23 19:00:42 +00:00
Commented Feb 23, 2012 at 19:00

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