GIS Esri shape files

[alku0001]

Hi again!

We are thinking about using GIS for our upcoming project and I was wondering if WinCC OA supports
any other files than ESRI Shape files?

This is what i found out in the help:

"The maps to be loaded are ESRI shape files. Add a code to en event script of the GIS Viewer. A map consists of four different files:

The actual shapes (*.shp).

An index file (*.shx). This holds the byte position of each shape. It is used by the viewer when loading the individual shapes from the *.shp file.

A DBF file (*.dbf). This holds information about each shape. DBF is a database file in IV format. It contains information about each shape in the file. Typically it contains a ‘name’ for the shape, but it could contain any information field.

A prj file (*.prj). This file is an ASCII file that contains information about the coordinate system of the map"

Thank you in advance!
//Kurt

[mkoller]

No, it only supports ESRI Shape files.
Did you try to find the required shape files from the OpenStreetMap project ?
E.g. look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shapefiles
I'm curious: why did you ask ? Is the data you want to display not available in shape files ?
Which other format would you like ?

[alku0001]

Hi again!
Thanks for a fast response
I haven't actually tried anything with GIS yet, I was just curious about the file formats it could support.

We are just exploring our options at the moment. We got the question from our customer since they are capable of providing the formats we need.
I will let you know if there will be any updates on the matter.

Thanks once again.

[fmulder]

The ESRI shape file format is quite simple. It is open and well documented.
It should not be a big problem to convert any GIS format into the shape file.

No, the Gis viewer will only load and understand the SHP files.

In earlier projects I found that professional GIS software can export its maps into a SHP file.

Good luck

Frenk