[GRASS5] Re: An internal db for GRASS

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Eric G . Miller wrote:

> In theory, you could use postgresql to store *all* data.  I think the
> only way it could work is to mostly *not* use the built-in geometric types
> and have some "middleware" for all I/O.  It would take a considerable
> amount of effort to come up with a workable base schema (you'd need
> extra catalog tables) and the "middleware" would have to have a lot of
> smarts built in.  I have a conception of how to do this, but it is not
> trivial.

Eric,

  Well, I know postgres, and I've been writing database programs for almost
a decade now, so I could help with the effort.

  It seems to me that the effort would be worth-while. I see the need for a
comprehensive spatial/attribute relational database as a priority for GRASS
as it develops and expands its user base.

Rich

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