Transhape - PostGIS to ArcGIS Connector

This project has attempted to create an application that can be used to bring data into ArcGIS (namely ArcMap) from PostGIS for editing purposes. This has been a joint student project between the Computer Science (CPSC) program and the GIS lab at UNBC. This was a project undertaken by students enrolled in CPSC 300/301 (software engineering - led by Dr. Desanka Polajnar) to build a tool set that made use of Arc Objects to monitor events occurring from edits in ArcMap to post (through OGR) back to the PostGIS table from which these data came.

This is a prototype and has several bugs but it is very close to being usable. The major concerns we had in developing this product ended upi being around compiling issues. In efforts to allow the code written in C++ (OGR written in Visual Studio) and other code written in Qt (the gui connector manager from Transhape), code edits added bugs to the program.

The code and documentation posted on this page is the most recent. We do have earlier versions as well that I can post if others are interested. The students involved on the project did indicate they could be consulted about Transhape, but they would not be able to spend any time on its development until January 2007.

Feel free to contact me about this project at emmons@unbc.ca.

Thanks

Scott Emmons