[Talk-us] Geodatabase

[Kate Chapman]

I don't know a ton about Geodatabases but I'm pretty sure you need to  
purchase an ESRI product to write to them.  It would be a good idea to  
have a conversion available though.

Kate

On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:52 PM, "McGuire, Matthew" <Matt.McGuire at metc.state.mn.us 
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> Has anyone had considered a Planet.osm à Geodatabase conversion that 
>  works the same as the osm2pgsql?
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> The geodatabase standard is not published, but there is an XML  
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> http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.whitepapers.viewPaper&PID=43&MetaID=695
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> The advantage of having this available is that there is a large  
> community of map enthusiasts that are professionally committed to  
> ArcGIS through their employment.  Exposing them to OSM on their own  
> terms will help expand our contributor base in the US.
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