ArcMap/Catalog also can read data from PostGIS in the same way as regular ArcGIS datasources using Data Interoperability Extension (from Safe Software). You can found presentations on <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/about/demos.html">
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/about/demos.html</a><br>and evaluate the extension downloading from <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/evaluate.html">
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/evaluate.html</a><br><br>One problem is the gap from postgis versions (very fast atualization from Open Source Community) and DI supported versions (very slow from comercial company). When I tried this extention I suffer a bit with postgis
0.9x to 1.x formats. See <a href="http://www.nabble.com/ESRI-Data-Interoperability---ArcGIS-%2B-PostGIS-tf185458.html#a516819">http://www.nabble.com/ESRI-Data-Interoperability---ArcGIS-%2B-PostGIS-tf185458.html#a516819</a>
posts.<br><br>Another problem is the read only capabilities when directed access (can be write with import/export tool).<br>When I tested, the support for schemas was not good and I felt some frustration about performance also.
<br><br>Regards.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/9/13, P Kishor <<a href="mailto:punkish@eidesis.org">punkish@eidesis.org</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 9/13/06, alex bodnaru <<a href="mailto:alexbodn@012.net.il">alexbodn@012.net.il</a>> wrote:<br>..<br>><br>> i might be wrong, but if i remember correctly, mapserver may masquerade<br>> as imsserver.<br><br>
Perhaps, but that is another complication, another layer to run.<br>Although Bruce's comments make it seem that it might be difficult,<br>even impossible, to make ArcGIS recognize PostGIS as a datasource, it<br>would be superbly fantastic if it were possible. As I said earlier,
<br>existing ArcGIS shops would generally have no problem with where the<br>data are coming from, and that would allow PostGIS to infitrate and<br>exist in such environments. After a decade or so of being away from<br>ArcGIS, I have been using it once again for the past few months. The
<br>backend stinks, but the frontend is actually pretty darn nice. That is<br>something the open source world would have to spend a lot of effort to<br>recreate, and it may simply not be worth doing so (well, it may be<br>
worth doing so, however, you know what I mean...).<br><br>Hopefully, in time...<br><br><br><br>><br>> P Kishor wrote:<br>> > On 9/13/06, Bruce Rindahl <<a href="mailto:rindahl@lrcwe.com">rindahl@lrcwe.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> There is an extension called pgarc that that has most of the<br>> >> functionality<br>> >> you might be looking for. See:<br>> >> <a href="http://pgarc.sourceforge.net/">
http://pgarc.sourceforge.net/</a><br>> >> I have taken the code and made some changes. I ported it to the new code<br>> >> for 9.x. It will load the extent of the display view and defines the<br>> >> projection for the resultant shapefile that is loaded on the local
<br>> >> machine.<br>> >> It can write to a PostGIS database but the functionality is limited - I<br>> >> haven't really needed it.<br>> >> I have had limited success in contacting the authors of pgarc to see
<br>> >> if they<br>> >> are interested in updating the project.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> ><br>> > Well, if you have managed to make it work with ArcGIS 9.x, that is<br>> > indeed very sweet. Poking around in the pgarc website, I see that one
<br>> > of the project managers is 'spatialguru' or Tyler Mitchell. I am<br>> > pretty sure he is on this list, if not, he is certainly on the<br>> > MapServer list. He will readily respond to any queries/offers to help.
<br>> ><br>> > Unfortunately I know nothing about coding ArcGIS, so I am only a very<br>> > keen and eager user of such a utility.<br>> ><br>> > That said, it seems to extend ArcGIS -- I would much rather prefer to
<br>> > extend PostGIS so it emulates (something like imsemu) an ArcGIS<br>> > compatible dsn. That way, an existing ArcGIS installation need not be<br>> > disturbed, but can happily use PostGIS data, and PostGIS gets a really
<br>> > nice, albeit neither free nor open source, viewer for its data. Great<br>> > for existing ArcGIS shops that might want to incorporate PostGIS for<br>> > backend data management instead of putting up with SDE (I know of one
<br>> > such shop personally).<br>> ><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: <a href="mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net">
postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</a><br>> >> [mailto:<a href="mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net">postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</a>] On Behalf Of P<br>> >> Kishor
<br>> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:25 PM<br>> >> To: PostGIS Users Discussion<br>> >> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Exporting to ESRI's ArcGIS<br>> >><br>> >> Sorry, no help here (am curious about this meself), but I have a
<br>> >> related question -- anyone figured out how to view PostGIS data in<br>> >> ArcGIS?<br>> >><br>> >> On 9/13/06, Michael de Armas (Micotan) <<a href="mailto:michael.dearmas@micotan.com">
michael.dearmas@micotan.com</a>><br>> >> wrote:<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Thanks, for the suggestion.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Is that the only way? Let's say that, for some reasons, I cannot
<br>> >> install<br>> >> > PostGIS in the PC where the app will run and/or I don't want to call an<br>> >> > external program to do the job.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > I was thinking something like saving the geometry to a GML file, but I
<br>> >> don't<br>> >> > know if ESRI could read the GML that PostGIS generates.<br>> >> > _______________________________________________<br>> >> > postgis-users mailing list<br>
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