[GRASS5] Re: GRASS -> SF

[Martin Pokorny]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Radim Blazek wrote:
> There are currently 2 "live" links and both are almost dead, i.e. 
> almost nobody use them, and nobody works on them. 1) 'postgis'
> format. Primiteves are stored in PostGIS but topology is build in
> GRASS. Last person interested in this format was Martin Pokorny
> 11/2003, he did some tests and tried to optimise it. I am wayting
> for results of his benchmark for modified version where everything
> is done in one transaction. Are you still here Martin?

Yeah, I'm still here...on the fringes. I will try to get around to
sending you my code if you still want it. I am not proceeding with
that work anymore, since it didn't look like a promising avenue even
after my optimizations. I became convinced that the benefits would be
marginal, and other projects were demanding my attention.

> This format I want to disable in future versions of 5.7.

Seems like a reasonable decision to me now.

Cheers,
  Martin

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Martin Pokorny
Tucson, AZ, USA