Re: [gdal-dev] OGR ODBC Driver and Default Enumeration

2009-10-22 Thread Simon Greener
Frank, What sort of SQL are you using when you query Oracle and SQL Server? What role does the INFORMATION_SCHEMA play in you changed ODBC driver? I noticed that, with the current version if I created an INFORMATION_SCHEMA and the appropriate views, ogrinfo started to work. With Oracle, if yo

Re: [gdal-dev] Fastest vector format for combining shapefiles

2009-10-18 Thread Simon Greener
Matt, (Sorry for the duplicate email, I initially replied only to you and not the list.) In my experience the open source community rarely, if ever, defines a thing before creating it. What usually happens is that somebody (whether an individual or small group) builds somethings that works, or

Re: [gdal-dev] Fastest vector format for combining shapefiles

2009-10-14 Thread Simon Greener
horse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9 867-667-8133 Tel * 867-393-7003 Fax http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/ -------- Simon Greener wrote: The need for a new vector file format has been discussed many times with no action initiated by the open source community o

Re: [gdal-dev] Fastest vector format for combining shapefiles

2009-10-09 Thread Simon Greener
The need for a new vector file format has been discussed many times with no action initiated by the open source community on what to do. ESRI has said they will do so, but it's been several years since they first announced it and when it is finally is released there is no guarantee it will be u

Re: [gdal-dev] ogr2ogr MapInfo Tab + Styling

2009-10-05 Thread Simon Greener
:16:14 +1000, Simon Greener wrote: Dale, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Try this symbol definition. I vaguely remember having this issue and I used this symbol to fix it. 'SYMBOL(a:0,c:#ff,s:6pt,id:"mapinfo-sym-34.ogr-sym-4")' so create or replace view vw_

Re: [gdal-dev] ogr2ogr MapInfo Tab + Styling

2009-09-29 Thread Simon Greener
Dale, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Try this symbol definition. I vaguely remember having this issue and I used this symbol to fix it. 'SYMBOL(a:0,c:#ff,s:6pt,id:"mapinfo-sym-34.ogr-sym-4")' so create or replace view vw_australian_cities as select rownum as rid, a.abbr

[gdal-dev] ogr2ogr MapInfo Tab + Styling

2009-09-29 Thread Simon Greener
Folks, I am using ogr2ogr I would like to know how to use it to write styling information to the MapInfo TAB files it generates. Scenario: I am trying to create a styled MapInfo tab file from an Oracle Spatial database. I don't have the MAPINFO.MAPINFO_MAPCATALOG tables created or populated.