[GRASSLIST:8678] [GRASS5] Re: GIS Manager updates

[Kirk R. Wythers]

Michael,

This is tremendous. The new GIS looks and, as far as I can tell  
works, great (as of CVS this afternoon).

On a separate topic, I would to hear your (or anyone else's who would  
like to chime in) opinion concerning attribute management. Several  
folks in my department have vector layers on which they need to add  
anywhere from 5 to 50 attributes per polygon (5 to 50 new columns).  
They all have postgres and mysql installed (in addition to the  
standard defaulf dbf option). What approach do people take when  
building attribute intensive vector layers? Do you use a separate  
database (ie postgis)? or do you manage them in grass?

The motivation for this query is this: One of my colleagues stopped  
me in hall yesterday and reported the he couldn't figure out how to  
delete an attribute column once he had created it. I started looking  
into the issue last night and so far have not come up with an answer  
for him. And as long as I was on the topic I though I'd open it up to  
a larger question of attribute management.

Looking forward to reading everyone's suggestions,

Kirk

Kirk R. Wythers, Research Fellow
Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
1530 Cleveland Ave N
Saint Paul, MN 55108
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email: kwythers at umn.edu