<br><tt><font size=2>>The new format offers new possibilities for the
v.surf.* modules<br>
>because it is now possible to build (parts of the) topology even for<br>
>massive point clouds which in turn makes it possible to quickly<br>
>perform spatial queries with very low memory consumption (a very few<br>
>MB)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Markus,</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>By massive point clouds, do you mean greater than
4 Billion points? A good long weekend for testing at home <br>
:-)</font></tt>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Doug Newcomb
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USFWS<br>
Raleigh, NC<br>
919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb@fws.gov<br>
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Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.</font>