[postgis-devel] LWGEOM - layout

strk at refractions.net strk at refractions.net
Mon Sep 20 03:35:40 PDT 2004


Ciao Gino.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:16:42PM +0200, Gino Lucrezi wrote:
> > Comments ? Fears ?
> 
> Will the LWGEOM-only version be compliant with the "OpenGIS Simple Features Specification for SQL" standard?

Yes. And almost is (see just-sent mail).

> Also, will there be an easy migration strategy from hwgeom to lwgeom for existing databases?

That's the reason for having written postgis_restore.pl in the first
place (I had the same fear). The script is not mature yet, but works !
Any suggestion on its interface or usage report is welcome.

--strk;

> 
> Gino Lucrezi
> Penta Consulting Services



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