Topic: Need Help Converting Esri gdb to shp

[reno]

if i remember correctly, the map subscription thingy had something for geodatabases. not positive about that though

just asking....

given the user is operating the 2008 version; what do you think the chances are they are on subscription?

given that it can be done without any 'extension' why would anyone chose that option?

is it faster or easier or more feature rich? 

pretty straight forward I would think...

1) the user is most likely not the only person in the world reading this post and i thought it might be useful to post other methods of doing things
2) it can't be done without any 'extension'. the original method of doing this was with esri.

The original data was an ESRI "File GeoDatabase" format. I used ESRI ArcGIS to convert to shape.

3) i don't know. i've never used it. i was just trying to throw out another option that "might" be able to help.

[mjfarrell]

Thanks for the amplifications.

[Wedding]

Along the lines of the "Other people might read this too," discussion, in 2011, there is an entire wizard for building surfaces from GIS data, skipping the convert, query, modify, etc process. You can access this on the Home ribbon's Create Ground Data panel under the Surface dropdown. Step one is the usual setup:
http://screencast.com/t/CMc3KQ0MCIxw
Step two is the file selection:
http://screencast.com/t/FptajtLNDE2w

Hope this helps someone else in the future.

Michael, I am sorry I missed finally meeting you at AU. I hope your class went well.

JW

[mjfarrell]

Michael, I am sorry I missed finally meeting you at AU. I hope your class went well.

JW

Best, I can tell, both the Virtual class and the lecture session went fairly well.
The 6-10 folks that caught me after the class for some 1 on 1 Q&A was probably the best feed back of all.
It indicates that I at least provoked or provided thought on the processes that were the heart of the topic. (At least for me)

As I don't plan on going any where soon; we should get a chance at some point a long the way.

[dfarris75]

You did a class @ AU???!!! 

[mjfarrell]

You did a class @ AU???!!! 

two sessions

Thanks for prodding me; I need to thank Dana once again for provoking me to submit a class proposal!

[dfarris75]

there's something very... no... extremely ironic about that

[dfarris75]

thx for posting the write-ups! you are such an  *bats eyes*