Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Providers

What are the data Providers?

Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD accesses spatial data 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 XML file - (OSM, PBF)
  • GPS exchange format file - (GPX)
  • ASCII text file - (ASC, CSV, NEZ, TXT, XYZ, UPT)
  • SQLite file - (SQLITE, DB)
  • Autodesk SDF file - (SDF) ⁽²⁾
  • MicroStation v.7 file - (DGN) ⁽¹⁾
  • AutoCAD DXF file - (DXF) ⁽¹⁾
  • ESRI ArcInfo export file (ASCII) - (E00) ⁽¹⁾
  • MapInfo file - (TAB) ⁽¹⁾
  • MapInfo interchange format file - (MIF/MID) ⁽¹⁾
  • GeoJSON file - (GEO.JSON) ⁽¹⁾
    
    
• Spatial data servers
  • PostGIS database
  • Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database
  • MySQL database ⁽²⁾
    
    
• Other spatial data sources
  • Open Database Connectivity ODBC
  • WFS data store ^{(1 or 2)}

(1) OGR data source
(2) FDO 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 data to import it as Objects in AutoCAD from spatial tables or files by using a given data Provider. Certain data Providers do not have parameters to specify. You will see a parameters window every time the application needs them when importing

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Sample: OSM/PBF OpenStreetMap file parameters window

Related links

• Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD will include FDO Providers

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