ESRI's Geodatabase our of the Closet?

ESRI's File Geodatabase API version 1.0 Available

Wed, 2011/06/08 - 13:02 — Alex

We mentioned several times the advent of Esri's File Geodatabase API, it's no longer in beta, version 1.0 has been announced (via Mandown). This is a major step in favor of interoperability since without this API, the File Geodatabase format was locked in Esri's suite of software. If you're a developer, here's where you can download it. There's also an Esri forum on the topic.

From the official blog entry: "And as promised, the API is also now available for Linux 64-bit."

The Esri's documentation: "The File Geodatabase API provides a non-ArcObjects based means by which advanced developers can work with File Geodatabases. A common user scenario is to open File Geodatabase tables in non-ESRI applications to view or modify data. This API provides access to the low-level File Geodatabase file I/O modules.
The C++ API allows developers to:

• Create new geodatabases
• Read the schema of the geodatabase
• Create schema for objects within the simple feature model
• Read and write data in the geodatabase
• Perform attribute and (limited) spatial queries on datasets

This API is targeted for advanced developers who require access to the File Geodatabase without an ArcObjects license for purposes of interoperability. This API does not replace ArcObjects as the recommended approach to interacting with the geodatabase."