[GRASS-dev] GRASS 7 vector topology format changed

[Markus Metz]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:48 PM,  <Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov> wrote:
>
>>The new format offers new possibilities for the v.surf.* modules
>>because it is now possible to build (parts of the) topology even for
>>massive point clouds which in turn makes it possible to quickly
>>perform spatial queries with very low memory consumption (a very few
>>MB)
> Markus,
>
> By massive point clouds, do you mean greater than 4 Billion points?  A good
> long weekend for testing at home
> :-)
>
Ummh, no, 4 billion is probably a bit much. It would however require
relatively little changes to support that amount of points...

Markus M