Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API) Feature Representation

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Attributes), this format adds the format-specific attributes described in this section.

The Geodatabase modules make use of the following special attribute names.

Attribute Name

Contents

filegdb_type

The type of geometric entity stored within the feature. The valid values are listed below:

geodb_no_geom

geodb_point

geodb_multipoint

geodb_polyline

geodb_polygon

Features read or written also have an attribute for each column in the database table.

Tables

filegdb_type: geodb_no_geom

Features with this value consist of no coordinates.

Points

filegdb_type: geodb_point

Features with this value are point features.

Multipoints

filegdb_type: geodb_multipoint

Features with this value are multi-part features consisting of points.

Polylines

filegdb_type: geodb_polyline

Features with this value consist of one or more linear geometries (arcs, lines, or paths consisting of arcs and/or lines).

Polygons

filegdb_type: geodb_polygon

Features with this value consist of one or more area geometries (polygons, ellipses, or donuts).