I really recommend PostgreSQL/Postgis. It might be a little more complex to use than Filemaker, but it is easier to use than Oracle or DB2. I believe it is the most widely supported spatial database in Open Source GIS, but also increasingly in the commercial world (ESRI 9.3 will support it through ArcSDE). Also it has a lot more spatial functionality than MySQL or DB2. Don't know about Oracle Spatial.
As for database administration I recommend the GUI admin tool pgadmin3, which is very intuitive and cross-platform. It misses the form-part of Filemaker, but other than that it is really easy to use. Andreas > Hi folks, > > I have some questions as to which databases people are using with > grass. I currently use Filemaker for as a database, but could never > get it to link to GRASS. I was wondering if this problem has been > resolved. Otherwise, I am considering which database software would > provide easy of use and still get the data I need ported to my GRASS > GISs. I contemplating Postgresql but it isn't all that intuitive. > How are MySQL and SQLite Browser? > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > -- Andreas Neumann Böschacherstrasse 6, CH-8624 Grüt/Gossau, Switzerland Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web: * http://www.carto.net/ (Carto and SVG resources) * http://www.carto.net/neumann/ (personal page) * http://www.svgopen.org/ (SVG Open Conference) * http://www.geofoto.ch/ (Georeferenced Photos of Switzerland) _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
