[GRASS5] Re: Named attribute support in GRASS

[Michel Wurtz]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> Radim and me recently discussed this option as well. The sites
> format should be eliminated and functionality moved to vector
> points mostly stored in a DBMS table or simple DBF (which is already
> supported).

I like this idea : points have only one (x,y) couple, so its
easy to manage even outside a gis. (you just need some GIS functions
for display)

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