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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've tried "mdb2shapefile". It converts a mdb with only attributes to a dbf file. I'm interested in the geometry information. Also, "mdb2shapefile" does not take personal geodatabase mdb as input.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Shylaja.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Michael C Dietze [<A HREF="mailto:mcd7@duke.edu">mailto:mcd7@duke.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:02 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Ramadass, Shylaja</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [Freegis-list] personal geodatabase</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I haven't looked extensively but I haven't seen much or tried any of it.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If you have access to ArcInfo 8.x, then you can export the various layers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>as shapefiles...there tends to be much more support for converting things</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>too and from shapefile.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>from the FreeGIS web page you can also find "mdb2shapefile", which also</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>claims to support geodatabase to shapefile conversion but I haven't used</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also, as you can find in the freegis archive:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Frank Warmerdam warmerdam@pobox.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:59:17 -0400</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>"Note that FME from Safe Software includes support for Geodatabase, but of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>course that's not free."</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>FYI, that the software is not Free (open) rather than not free (no cost),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you can in fact download a demo version of FME, though I've never used it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and don't know how well it works or what file formats the demo version</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>supports.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mike</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:00:44 +0530</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: "Ramadass, Shylaja" <sramadas@india.ingr.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: freegis-list@intevation.de</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [Freegis-list] personal geodatabase</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Are there any free utilities for converting ESRI's geodatabase format</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(.mdb)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to other formats, especially to Intergraph GeoMedia Access warehouse</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>format?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Shylaja</FONT>
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