[R-sig-Geo] R / ArcGIS

[Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini]

On 17/02/12 08:15, Edzer Pebesma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I might succeed meeting with some ESRI / ArcGIS folks at AAG next week;
> I'm in touch with them in particular about linking R to ArcGIS.
>
> I would like to find out if any of you has been successful (or
> unsuccessful) in reading or writing ArcGIS geodatabase files directly
> from R, by using the rgdal driver, or by some other means.

Some days ago Barry Rowlingson share a link regarding this topic:

http://www.structuralknowledge.com/2012/02/03/why-esri-as-is-cant-be-part-of-the-open-government-movement/

In my opinion it would be great for the spatial community if ESRI helps 
to make it possible the open access to their new geodatabase format.

My 2 cents.


All the best,

Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
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