Timeline for How can I work with very large shapefiles (~1 GB) in QGIS?
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 22:01 | comment | added | Michael Stimson | Esri published the fGDB library so it is no longer truly proprietary. Despite any misgivings on Esri that some people may have the fGDB format is awesome: 3 levels of spatial index, maximum size (depending on config keyword) 2TB - that's a LOT of vector data!! IMO the best vector data format that is file based. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:42 | comment | added | artwork21 | In many cases walking the high wire between proprietary and non-proprietary may be needed. QGIS is flexible in that manner at least for viewing data. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:39 | history | edited | artwork21 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:34 | comment | added | Inactivated Account | that's the first time I've seen a suggestion that someone move INTO a proprietary system as a solution versus using an open source solution to move OUT of one... interesting! | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:27 | comment | added | artwork21 | Yes, file geodatabase. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:26 | comment | added | Inactivated Account | file geodatabase??? | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 20:18 | history | answered | artwork21 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |