[GRASSweb-list]markus: web/grass51 index.html,1.42,1.43

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Author: markus

Update of /grassrepository/web/grass51
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv23746

Modified Files:
	index.html 
Log Message:
Radim does a great job...

Index: index.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/grass51/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.42
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -d -r1.42 -r1.43
--- index.html	27 Nov 2002 12:31:36 -0000	1.42
+++ index.html	29 Nov 2002 09:06:09 -0000	1.43
@@ -29,37 +29,63 @@
 a modified NVIZ and a few database management tools.
 DBMS is now integral part of the system.
 <ul>
-<li><b>PostGIS support</b> implemented: <a
- href=http://www.rcost.unisannio.it/antoniol/students/PostGrass/>read
- documentation</a> (and <a href=http://postgis.refractions.net/>here</a> is
- the PostGIS site)</li>
-<li>
-<b>Shortest path vector networking</b> (<a href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/d.path.jpg>screenshot</a>) - based on
-<a href=../dglib/>DGLIB (Directed Graph Library)</a></li>
+<li>Vector library (geometry):
+<ul>
+ <li>
+ <b>multiformat</b> - also external data formats
+ supported (SHAPE-file, PostGIS) without the need of data conversion</li>
 
-<li>
-<b>multilayer</b> - features in one vector
-may represent more layers and may be linked to more external tables</li>
+ <li>Optional <b>PostGIS support</b> implemented for geometry storage: <a
+  href=http://www.rcost.unisannio.it/antoniol/students/PostGrass/>read
+  documentation</a> (and <a href=http://postgis.refractions.net/>here</a> is
+  the PostGIS site), allows for multiuser write access</li>
+ <li>spatial index - v.build (v.support) accelerated from hours to
+  seconds</li>
+</ul>
 
-<li>
-<b>multiattribute</b> - attributes saved
-in external RDBMS: supported are DBF, ODBC, PostgreSQL and mySQL</li>
+<li>Database Management Interface (attributes):
+<ul>
+ <li>
+ <b>multiattribute</b> - attributes optionally saved
+ in external RDBMS: supported are DBF, ODBC, PostgreSQL and mySQL</li>
 
-<li>
-<b>3D</b> - optional 3D vectors may be created
-(TIN)</li>
+ <li>
+ <b>multilayer</b> - features in one vector may represent one or several
+ layers and may be linked to one or several external tables</li>
 
-<li>
-<b>multiformat</b> - external data formats
-supported (shapefile, PostGIS)</li>
+ <li>
+ <b>3D</b> - optional 3D vectors may be created (see <a
+  href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/chaloupky1.png>screenshot</a>)
+ (eg TINs), already supported in NVIZ</li>
+</ul>
 
-<li>
-<b>GUI generated by front end on runtime</b>
-and display manager (<a
-href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/>screenshots</a>)</li>
+<li>Applications/Misc:
+<ul>
+ <li>SQL queries/selects supported by some modules such as d.vect,
+ v.extract and v.surf.rst</li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Shortest path vector networking</b> (<a href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/d.path.jpg>screenshot</a>) - based on
+ <a href=../dglib/>DGLIB (Directed Graph Library)</a>, costs may be assigned
+ both to nodes and arcs (and also different in both directions of a vector
+ line)</li>
+
+ <li>new v.digit with GUI under construction (<a
+   href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/v.digit3.png>screenshot</a>)</li>
+
+ <li>export any <a href=http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/opengis/>OGR
+  format</a> for which write access is supported by OGR (including
+  attributes, if supported by format).  Currently Shapefile, TIGER, MapInfo
+  and GML. PostGIS and DGN should be soon available</li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>GUI generated by front end on runtime</b>
+ and display manager (<a
+ href=http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/>screenshots</a>)</li>
+</ul>
 </ul>
 
-The 5.1 code requires the experimental tree
+The 5.1 code (still) requires the experimental tree
 of GRASS 5.0 code (note: the preX release won't work!) as it will be partly
 merged into the 5.1 directory structure during compilation. From time to
 time more code will be migrated into 5.1.