[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2190: Use MySQL Spatial Functionality

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#2190: Use MySQL Spatial Functionality
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 Reporter:  justinzane                |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Database                  |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  MySQL, spatial, geometry  |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All                       |  
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Changes (by hamish):

  * version:  unspecified => svn-trunk


Comment:

 Hi,

 fwiw in spatial circles PostGIS heavily dominates the market for spatially
 enabled DBs, even when proprietary systems are considered.
 That is not to say there's anything wrong with MySQL's spatial support
 (I've no experience with it), just that the popularity argument isn't
 going to convince many GIS programmers.

 also note that GRASS is a topologically enabled GIS, and spatially-enabled
 DBs are generally much simpler beasts.

 see also the sqlite offering: spatialite.

 http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/postgis_overview.html
 http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/spatialite_overview.html


 Meanwhile, GRASS's native vector format remains heavily favored support-
 wise.


 regards,
 Hamish

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