Dear Markus, Frank, and all
I will try to dwell a bit further on some
issues raised by Frank and Markus. Sorry
for the long message. Certain issues deserve it...
Message from Frank Warmerdam
Comments from Gilberto
(Frank)
(...) But, I am left with the
Dear all
Regarding the FOSS Geodatabase discussion, I would like to bring a different
issue to the discussion.
It concerns whether we should be concerned with broadening the number of FOSS
databases that offer support for spatial data, or whether we should focus on
deepening and increasing
Dear OSGEO
I also beg to differ with Paul about the number of cases where image data
handling in RDBMS is useful or necessary.
In corporate applications where vectors and raster live together, and data
processing and editing operations are used, handling different types of data
together in a
Dear all
[EMAIL PROTECTED] stated:
(...)
In the past i've heard it suggested that really successful open source
projects now need serious organisational backing. They can't be built
by a network of partly-funded enthusiast contributors alone.
(...)
If this is inevitable, why? Is innovation
Dear all
I would like to take a broader view of the issue of raster data in a
DBMS. Issues of performance are relevant, but the benefits of having
raster data on a DBMS are much more important.
Consider that raster sensors and grid models are by far the dominant
source of new geospatial data.
Dear all
Concerning the benefits of having raster data
stored together with vector data in a spatial
database, let me first quote from an excellent
paper from the late Jim Gray
(Scientific Data Management in the Coming Decade):
What’s wrong with files?
Everything builds from files as a
