Esri Personal Geodatabase .MDB File Description
An Esri Personal Geodatabase is a specific type of Microsoft Access database for storing and managing spatial data. Surfer can import Esri Personal Geodatabase .MDB files. Esri Personal Geodatabases are typically usually used in Surfer as base maps. See the Esri help description for more information.
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64-Bit Access Driver
In order to import Esri Personal Geodatabase (*.mdb) files, you must have the Microsoft Access Database driver installed on your machine. It’s shipped as part of the Microsoft Office suite and comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Installing the 32-bit Microsoft Office suite will install the 32-bit Access Database driver. Installing the 64-bit Microsoft Office suite will install the 64-bit Access Database driver. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t allow BOTH to be installed simultaneously on a 64-bit Windows platform. If you need to import data from Esri Personal Geodatabase files into Golden Software products, you must install the 32-bit version of our product if you have a 32-bit Access Database driver. You must install the 64-bit version of our product if you have a 64-bit Access Database driver. If you don’t need to import Esri Personal Geodatabase data with our product, you may install either version on a 64-bit Windows platform.