[Freegis-list] EDBS/ATKIS to some useful GIS-format converter wanted!

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Andreas,

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 01:29:34PM +0000, Andreas H wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > My main question is:
> > > How usefull is a free converter for only restricted available data????
> >
> >it is very useful.
> >* it will make Free GIS Software such as GRASS more attractive for >those 
> >who need to work with EDBS.
> >* it will generate awareness of Free GIS Software in general
> 
> I definitive want to support this. But I'm a little bit careful with this 
> converter. Not every who want's to contribute or use it, can do this, 
> because of the restricted data. This is not the meaning of "Open".
> But this is only a comment, the reasons are:
> We developed a prototype in Perl. This decision was not so good, because it 
> took some month and to convert a simple "TK-Blatt" it needs hours.
> On the other side I also know the free converter AvAtkis and we had no or 
> little problems with it. I think it's an alternative.
> What are your problems with it? How about contacting the authors?

Well, the AvAtkis converted only 5% of the ids (OBJEKTART). Like that
the result is fully unusable...
Maybe that's intended so that we buy the AvAtkis Professional version?
No idea. However, I would prefer an open source converter. The LGN in
Hannover told me, that they don't have a problem with that.

Markus