I think MI is looking forward! They support, and have supported
Oracle Spatial, which is the industry standard Spatial Database.
Imagine doing query, and updating information in a query, or a stored
procedure then, next time you enter MapInfo you see the change.
So I could say in SQL, something similar to "update set
points.number=10 within boundary one where the points.column="X". Of
course this could be expanded. What I am saying is others can use and
update the data outside of the GIS application. Share, you will find
that once others see your information and use it, it gets better.
Yes these are not painting aps, but why not offload the application
and let the database handle the data and let the app handle the analysis
of the data. So, are the others far in front of MI in data management
concepts? Depends on how you use the product.
Rich Dumont
Senior GIS Programmer/Analyst
Cox Communications, Inc.
1400 Lake Hearn Drive, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(404)843-5513
(404)847-6245 fax
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:54 AM
To: Mats Elfstrom; Robert Crossley
Cc: MapInfo List
Subject: RE: MI-L MapPoint 2002 now supports MapInfo TAB and
ESRI SHAPE files
Geomedia among others ... the concept isn't new. But still, light years
in
front of MI data management concepts.
No matter how the geometric information is stored, Access OLE objects
make
everything more compact, that's all. The real difference comes with data
management, querying and relationships ! GIS are *not* painting apps !
I, for myself, decided long ago now to keep data in Access, while using
MI
for managing geometry. It'll even enable to design -easyly- friendly
user
interfaces !
Eric.
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> Elfstrom
> Envoye : mardi 23 octobre 2001 23:57
> A : Robert Crossley
> Cc : MapInfo List
> Objet : Re: MI-L MapPoint 2002 now supports MapInfo TAB and ESRI SHAPE
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> Robert Crossley wrote:
> > For a start, they have stored the spatial object as an OLE
> object within the Access table. The concept is very neat,
>
> Hi All!
>
> Forgive me if I jump to conclusions here, but didn't Geomedia buy that
> concept a few years ago?
> The idea does not seem all that new to me.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
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