[GRASSweb-list]paul: web firsttime.html,1.30,1.31 sqlgrasslist.html,1.17,1.18
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grass at intevation.de
Thu Sep 4 03:29:25 EDT 2003
Author: paul
Update of /grassrepository/web
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv9858
Modified Files:
firsttime.html sqlgrasslist.html
Log Message:
mmmm it's not just for vector. Hopefully this is clearer
Index: firsttime.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/firsttime.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -d -r1.30 -r1.31
--- firsttime.html 3 Sep 2003 13:04:13 -0000 1.30
+++ firsttime.html 4 Sep 2003 07:29:23 -0000 1.31
@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@
GRASS can be used for vast amounts of useful work without needing an
external database installed at all. Specifically if you have
-vector data with multiple attributes and wish to manipulate the data using
+data with multiple attributes (e.g. in a DBF file exported from other GIS or
+database software) and wish to manipulate the data using
queries on these multiple attributes, you may find it useful to use an
external database. In GRASS 5.0
-there are drivers for ODBC and PostgrSQL (see the related <a
+there are drivers for ODBC and PostgreSQL (see the related <a
href=sqlgrasslist.html>GRASS/SQL page</a>).<br>
-In <a href=grass51/index.html>GRASS 5.1</a> it becomes really exciting! But
+In <a href=grass51/index.html>GRASS 5.1</a> it becomes really exciting and
+also includes native support for DBF files. But
this system is not yet fully implemented.
Index: sqlgrasslist.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/sqlgrasslist.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -d -r1.17 -r1.18
--- sqlgrasslist.html 3 Sep 2003 13:15:42 -0000 1.17
+++ sqlgrasslist.html 4 Sep 2003 07:29:23 -0000 1.18
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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<p>External Database Management System (DBMS) support can be a very useful
-extension to the internal GRASS database if you need to manipulate vector data
+extension to the internal GRASS database if you need to manipulate data
containing multiple attributes.</p>
<p>Currently two working interfaces are available for GRASS 5.0:
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