Python and MapObjects (Was: Python and ArcView GIS)

[Norman Vine]

Allan Hollander

> The ArcView extension sounds very interesting.

Yes :)

> Along these lines of interfaces to ESRI software, has anybody done any
> work with getting Python to talk to the MapObjects set of components?  I'd
> love to have some pointers on how to do this

It is not ArcView or even ESRI for that matter
but there is the OpenSource mapserver project
that works with shapefiles and has a SWIGed interface

see
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

Norman Vine