<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> 12 million records is teensy. Stuff it into PostGIS. It's the billion-
<br>
> point LIDAR sets that leave me queasy, but I can't begin to think
of a <br>
> reasonable architecture for that without learning more about how the
<br>
> points are actually USED, which I really am not clear on at the moment.<br>
> <br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Paul,</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Agreed. </tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Generation of TINs or surfaces of roughness over that
number of points will challenge any data management solution.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>However, the time is coming / has come when people
will want to do it.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>It is perhaps a good candidate for Grid architectures
and high performance computing.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Bruce</tt></font>
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