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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Lee and Abdoul.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think a simple table is easier if it’s a simple relationship between the spatial and the tabular data. If the relationships are complex and changes often depending on the particular situation, then a database is quicker and easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your good work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My 2 ct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jake <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Abdoul O. Dia<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 31, 2013 3:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> forestrytools@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ForestryTools] database/ early design<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Lee,<br><br>This could be a way to start and test it. But we need to keep in mind that we'll need to handle external files (e.g. csv) and to manage spatial data (e.g.: vectors). The relationship between the external and spatial data should be kept some how so we can attribute to every single point or polygone in a shapefile its related data from the field. In this case I think using a database would be easier. What others think?<br><br>Abdoul<br><br><br>Le 2013-05-30 18:20, Lee a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>To not flood the other string with a new topic, here's a new email:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I had a long drive the other day, which gave me a good chance to think things over regarding the database structure. Specifically, my current "narrative" I put on the forestry tools wiki calls for just loading external CSVs to do easy analysis, rather than porting into a database.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>How do you feel about establishing initial functionality with simple tables, opposed to database structure? Once we get an initial release out and develop some interest, we could add more complex database support.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not sold either way, I just thought it might be worth discussion. I'm not sure what's simpler and more useful from a starting location.<br><br>Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br>All the best,<br>Lee<br>ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>Registered Forester #46043<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Forestrytools mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Forestrytools@lists.osgeo.org">Forestrytools@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forestrytools">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forestrytools</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>