API Reference | OSGeo FDO Provider for SHP |
00001 /*! \mainpage Introduction 00002 <div class="mainpage"> 00003 <!-- This is the index.html page that the user first sees. --> 00004 00005 <p>The Feature Data Objects (FDO) API provides access to data in a 00006 data store. A provider is a specific implementation of the FDO API 00007 that provides access to data in a particular data store. The FDO 00008 Provider for SHP provides FDO with access to a SHP-based data store. 00009 </p> 00010 <p>The FDO Provider for SHP uses a standalone file format that 00011 supports GIS data. The FDO Provider for SHP (Shape) has the 00012 following characteristics: 00013 </p> 00014 <ul> 00015 <li> Read-only access is provided to pre-existing 00016 spatial and attribute data from an Environmental Systems 00017 Research Institute (ESRI) Shape file (SHP). 00018 <li> The FDO Provider for SHP can run in a multi-platform environment, 00019 including Windows and Linux. 00020 <li> A Shape file consists of three separate files: SHP (shape 00021 geometry), SHX (shape index), and DBF (shape attributes in 00022 dBASE format). 00023 <li> The FDO Provider for SHP accesses the information in each of the 00024 three separate files, and treats each SHP, and its associated DBF file, 00025 as a feature class with a single geometry property, and optionally, 00026 with data attribute properties. 00027 <li> Schema configuration of the data store is provided to the 00028 FDO Provider for SHP through an XML file containing the 00029 Geographic Markup Language (GML) definition of the schema 00030 that maps SHP and DBF data in the data store to feature 00031 classes and property mappings in the FDO data model. 00032 <li> Although it does not support concurrency control (locking), the SHP 00033 file format is a valid alternative to RDBMS. 00034 </ul> 00035 <p> 00036 For more information, see <i>The Essential FDO</i> (FET_TheEssentialFDO.pdf) 00037 and the <i>FDO Developer's Guide</i> (FDG_FDODevGuide.pdf). 00038 </p> 00039 00040 <br> 00041 </div> 00042 */ 00043 00044 00045 00046
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