[GRASS5] a set of wishes for GRASS 5.7

[Christopher Fonnesbeck]

On May 10, 2004, at 6:01 AM, grass5-request at grass.itc.it wrote:

> On Monday 10 May 2004 07:52, you wrote:
>> 1. This is the biggest. I wish there was some way in GRASS itself to
>> manage attribute data--especially for vectors. (I'm referring to the
>> new GRASS native dbf format, not the external databases to which GRASS
>> can connect.) v.reclass no-longer has any interactive component. The
>> only way to edit values is to 1) use d.what.vect (which is still buggy
>> and doesn't work after the first time in a GRASS session) on one
>> feature at a time, or 2) use v.digit, again one feature at a time.
>> There is no easy way to even see what values are in the linked
>> attribute table for a vector map now that v.report is gone. I'd like 
>> to
>> see v.report come back with options to select fields to report on.
>> However, even more, I'd like to have some kind of simple table display
>> and edit functions in GRASS. The ArcView model of a spreadsheet-like
>> table view, with basic editing and query functions, seems desirable.
>> The lack of any way to manage GRASS attribute data is made worse by 
>> the
>> fact that GRASS now has the potential for much richer attribute data
>> and much better query tools, coupled by the strange lack of 
>> open-source
>> dbf management tools (like phpMyAdmin for MySQL). Perhaps someone can
>> create a db.manage module.
>
> It was intention. We have enough problems to maintain GRASS as it is.
> We should concentrate on 'geo' part and do not re-invent the wheel.
> There are more DB clients available:
> - OpenOffice: many databases
> - pgaccess: Postgres
> - MySQLGUI: MySQL

I save all my vector attributes in MySQL tables and edit them using 
phpMyAdmin (i.e. in a web browser). It doesnt get much easier than 
that. You can then also share the data with others, independent of the 
GIS.

Chris

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