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I have a ESRI file in geodatabase format (v9.3). I intend to use this in a non-commercial application. I think I will have to convert it into a open standard since I am confused if ArcGIS online would need a paid subscription even for a non-commercial 'production' application. (Please let me know if i am wrong about their developer license)

So I am here basically looking for a solution to convert the gdb file/directory to another open format and do below operation: I need to use the gdb data (available data is polygon map overlays) to derive connecting lines from mid point of one polygon to the other polygon. (there would be a huge number of sets of two polygons like this). The end dataset would be a single table having below columns

set_id, line_start_point_lat, line_start_point_lon, line_end_point_lat, line_end_point_lon

Could anyone tell me what open source technologies I should be looking at to convert and do above operations?

dbza
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  • I think your file geodatabase being pre-10.0 will make things difficult for you - see http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/24924/reading-filegdb-9-2-9-3-1-with-ogr - otherwise doing something like http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/83016/how-to-import-esri-geodatabase-format-gdb-into-PostGIS might provide a way forward – PolyGeo Nov 28 '14 at 23:18
  • Can I use the ArcGIS 60 day trial or developer subscription to generate the target table format? – dbza Nov 28 '14 at 23:35
  • That's a question for Esri if it is not covered in the Esri Signed License Agreement. – PolyGeo Nov 29 '14 at 06:21

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You can open Esri file geodatabase in QGIS. I am not real familiar with how to run the analysis in QGIS, but I am pretty sure it can be done.

Ari Isaak
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