Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Providers

What are the Providers of Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD?

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 Providers for Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD?

The available standard Providers at this time are the following:

• ESRI Shape file - (SHP)
• Google Earth file - (KML, KMZ)
• OpenStreetMap XML file - (OSM)
• GPS exchange format file - (GPX)
• ASCII text file - (ASC, CSV, NEZ, TXT, XYZ, UPT)
• SQLite file - (SQLITE, DB)
• PostGIS database
• Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database
• Open Database Connectivity ODBC
• WFS data store⁽¹⁾
• 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⁾

(1) OGR data source

What are the parameters of the Providers in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD?

The parameters of the 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 Provider. Certain Providers do not have parameters to specify. You will see a parameters window every time the application needs them when importing Objects in AutoCAD

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Sample: OSM OpenStreetMap file reading parameters window