R / ArcGIS

Hi,

I might succeed meeting with some ESRI / ArcGIS folks at AAG next week;
I'm in touch with them in particular about linking R to ArcGIS.

I would like to find out if any of you has been successful (or
unsuccessful) in reading or writing ArcGIS geodatabase files directly
from R, by using the rgdal driver, or by some other means.

Some days ago Barry Rowlingson share a link regarding this topic:

http://www.structuralknowledge.com/2012/02/03/why-esri-as-is-cant-be-part-of-the-open-government-movement/

In my opinion it would be great for the spatial community if ESRI helps 
to make it possible the open access to their new geodatabase format.

My 2 cents.


All the best,

Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
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