Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Providers

What are the data Providers?

Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD accesses spatial data for importing and/or exporting using their own data Providers. The application can access different data formats and storage systems depending on the spatial data Providers installed

Which are the current available data Providers?

The available standard data Providers for Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD at this time are the following:

• Spatial files
  • ESRI Shape file - (SHP)
  • Google Earth file - (KML, KMZ)
  • OpenStreetMap file - (OSM, PBF) ⁽¹⁾
  • LiDAR file - (LAS, LAZ) ⁽¹⁾
  • GPS exchange format file - (GPX) ⁽¹⁾
  • ASCII text file - (ASC, CSV, NEZ, TXT, XYZ, UPT)
  • SQLite file - (SQLITE, DB)
  • GML file - (GML, GZ, XML)
  • Raster image file - (TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF) ⁽¹⁾
  • Autodesk SDF file - (SDF) ⁽³⁾
  • MicroStation v.7 file - (DGN) ⁽²⁾
  • AutoCAD DXF file - (DXF) ⁽²⁾
  • ESRI ArcInfo export file (ASCII) - (E00) ^{(1) (2)}
  • MapInfo file - (TAB) ⁽²⁾
  • MapInfo interchange format file - (MIF/MID) ⁽²⁾
  • GeoJSON file - (GEO.JSON) ^{(1) (2)}
    
    
• Spatial data servers
  • PostGIS database
  • Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database
  • MySQL database ^{(1) (3)}
    
    
• Image map servers
  • WMS Web Map Services ⁽⁴⁾
  • WMTS Web Map Tile Services ⁽⁴⁾
  • XYZ/TMS Tile Map Services ⁽⁴⁾
    
    
• Other spatial data sources
  • Open Database Connectivity ODBC ⁽¹⁾
  • WFS data store ^{(1) (2 or 3) (5)}

(1) Read-only
(2) OGR data source
(3) FDO provider
(4) Background Maps technology
(5) OGR for WFS data stores will not be found in the data Provider list under some circumstances (certain AutoCAD Map versions and others). Please, use FDO for this data Provider

Note: certain data Providers are only valid for some Editions of the application

What are the parameters of the data Providers?

The parameters of the data Providers in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD are the settings that the application needs to connect when reading (importing) or writing (exporting) spatial tables or files by using a given data Provider. Certain data Providers need the reading parameters and the writing parameters, and these settings can be different. Some other data Providers will only need the reading or the writing parameters but not both of them. You will see a parameters window every time the application needs them when running a given import or export process

Sample 1: KML/KMZ Google Earth file writing (export process) parameters window

Sample 2: OSM/PBF OpenStreetMap file reading (import process) parameters window

Sample 3: Open Database Connectivity ODBC (creating a User Data Source) parameters window

Sample 4: ASCII file (custom settings) reading (import process) parameters window

Sample 5: Raster image file reading Provider parameters window

Sample 6: LiDAR file reading parameters window

Related links

• Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD will include FDO Providers

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