I don’t like the term “ESRI Shop”. Both open source developers and ESRI developers use it as an excuse one way or another. Just because you are running ArcMap or ArcGIS Server, doesn’t mean that you can’t explore open source GIS software and in fact you might be surprised how it makes your [...]
Entries Tagged as 'GDAL/OGR'
Bringing Open Source GIS Into an “ESRI Shop”
February 5th, 2008 · 82 Comments · ArcGIS Server, ESRI, FeatureServer, GDAL/OGR, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, Microsoft, Open Source, OpenLayers, Virtual Earth
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Using OGR to Visualize Data
December 28th, 2007 · 10 Comments · FWTools, GDAL/OGR, Open Source
The biggest excuse I hear time and time again for not using open source geospatial tools is that they are too confusing to use. Take GDAL/OGR for example, the webpage probably scares off most users because of the lack of examples of how to use both toolsets. But the tools themselves are so [...]
Tags:arcinfo·ESRI·excel·GDAL·geospatial·kml·ogr·Open Source
The Holy Grail
November 9th, 2007 · 13 Comments · ArcSDE, ESRI, FeatureServer, GDAL/OGR, Open Source
This is clear to me:
FeatureServer + ArcSDE Data Store = Holy Grail
Being able to store data in ArcSDE, but still access it freely across any and all platforms. ArcGIS clients can hit ArcSDE and everyone else can enjoy data served by FeatureServer. But deep down this is even bigger than FeatureServer because really [...]
Tags:amway·arccatalog·arcgis·ArcGIS Desktop·ArcGIS Server·arcmap·ArcSDE·ESRI·FeatureServer·GDAL·GIS·ogr
