[Paraview] Shapefiles to Paraview (or VTK) format

[Aashish Chaudhary]

Sure. I will attach the reader header and source in my next email (by
the end of the day).

Thanks,


On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Takuya OSHIMA
<oshima at eng.niigata-u.ac.jp> wrote:
> Hi Aashish,
>
> Would be great for me too if your reader may be shared (thus we have
> more options for importing Shapefiles)!
>
> Takuya
>
> Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D.
> Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
> 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN
>
> From: Aashish Chaudhary <aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com>
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Shapefiles to Paraview (or VTK) format
> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:29:22 -0400
>
>> Hi Lester,
>>
>> I have a Shapefile reader (actually a vector format reader) for VTK.
>> You would have to write a program to use it (I can send a sample app
>> too). It will require VTK and GDAL.
>>
>> I can send you the code in my next email if you are interested.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Robert Maynard
>> <robert.maynard at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> It should be noted that the implementation in ParaViewGeo is LGPL not BSD.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Takuya OSHIMA <oshima at eng.niigata-u.ac.jp>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just to share my finding, ParaViewGeo has a Shapefile reader plugin.
>>>> http://paraviewgeo.mirarco.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>>>
>>>> Several warnings are issued when I tried to compile the plugin in
>>>> conjunction with the latest git master of PV. Besides I don't know if
>>>> it is supposed to be a complete implementation, but as far as I tested
>>>> importing geometry worked.
>>>>
>>>> Takuya
>>>>
>>>> Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D.
>>>> Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
>>>> 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Lester Anderson <lester_anderson1963 at hotmail.com>
>>>> Subject: [Paraview] Shapefiles to Paraview (or VTK) format
>>>> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:19:24 +0000
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello
>>>> >
>>>> > Is there an easy way to get Shapefile data from ArcGIS into Paraview? It
>>>> > is an important file format and one which is widely used so it would be
>>>> > great if there was a method of importing this. As I see it, one has to
>>>> > somehow convert the format to a VTK structure (vector-based), not sure of
>>>> > the easiest solution.
>>>> >
>>>> > Any suggestions?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks
>>>> >
>>>> > Lester
>>>> >
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