> Ah yes, but Graphical Information Systems are just that - Information > Systems.
the "G" is for geographical. > Given that a large percentage of what GIS systems do is interprete and > extrapolate pure numbers I should hope that this is stored in a database. no, as a matter of historical fact they were not. most were (and some still are) file based 3-5 years ago--we GIS practioners love our topology. we gave it up for a while just to get decent database engine based databases. > ;o) Images created from that extrapolated data or interpreted data placed > over an image is only the very top layer of what a GIS does. The User > Interface if you will, not the entire application layer. nonsense. we're storing vector data in databases these days. arcSDE for example comes with a couple of sql API for manipulating data in the db, performing spatial searches, etc. i do this for a living. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
