<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Gilberto,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I too would like to see a solid 'corporate
strength' FOSS tool that I could use as a spatial data repository for use
by a wide range of systems and applications. Some of the functionality
that I saw in TerraLib (e.g. raster in Postgres) would be potentially very
useful.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PostGIS certainly appears to be a good
solid environment with plenty of support from other projects. It also deserves
substantial support.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">However, I'm not sure if excluding other
approaches and just concentrating on PostGIS would be a good thing. We
could miss out on the next poster spatial project by doing this. It certainly
doesn't hurt to have options and explore alternatives.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce Bannerman</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org wrote on 24/01/2008
10:26:58 AM:<br>
<br>
> Dear all <br>
> <br>
> Regarding the FOSS Geodatabase discussion, I would like to bring a
<br>
> different issue to the discussion.<br>
> <br>
> It concerns whether we should be concerned with broadening the <br>
> number of FOSS databases that offer support for spatial data, or <br>
> whether we should focus on deepening and increasing the support for
<br>
> different types of spatio-temporal data on PostGIS. <br>
> <br>
> Consider a situation where PostGIS would demonstrably handle more
<br>
> spatial data types than Oracle and would do so efficiently. This <br>
> would provide a tremendous leverage for all FOSS4G applications and
<br>
> developers. <br>
> <br>
> To me, PostGIS is to FOSS4G what Linux is for FOSS as a whole. It's
<br>
> the enabling platform for succesfull FOSS4G enterprise applications.<br>
> By concentrating on PostGIS and associated tools, we will build a
<br>
> reliable and consistent set of tools. <br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Gilberto <br>
> -- <br>
> ===========================================<br>
> Dr.Gilberto Camara<br>
> Director General<br>
> National Institute for Space Research (INPE)<br>
> Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil <br>
> <br>
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