On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
I'm trying to come up with a database and schema for a Qt APRs client based on xastir. It's technically not a port, although the intent is to offer it as an example xastir V2.
Good to hear. I've tried to start on this numerous times but didn't know a good method to go about it (the database stuff/schema). I'd love to help, or stay out of the way if that'd be the most help at the present time. hi hi
I'm vague on the differences between standard and spatially enabled SQL databases, especially on the user interface side. If it is implemented in standard postgres will I have trouble switching to postGIS?
As I understand it, and my understanding is pretty iffy here, the spatially-enabled databases add extra functions for doing searches based on latitude/longitude bounding boxes. There were messages from Gerry Creager quite a while back that can probably be searched out in the archives, about PostGIS/PostgreSQL/MySQL. I'm sure I have them in my local archives too so I might see if grepmail can find them for me later. PostGIS is a set of patches for PostgreSQL that adds the spatially-enabled functions. You have to have the PostgreSQL source code, add in the PostGIS patches, then compile a fresh database version. -- Curt, WE7U. <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer> APRS: Where it's at! <http://www.xastir.org> Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir-dev
