[postgis-devel] Re: postgis front-end interface

[strk]

What about a "privately" available version for use by loader and dumper
then ? I'm just trying to keep code base small and reuse a WKT/WKB codec
with loader, dumper and future converters (SVG,GML).

--strk;

pramsey wrote:
> strk wrote:
> > Trying to do WKB crunching for loader/dumper I came to this conclusion:
> > postgis objects and functionality should be also available for front-end
> > applications.
> > 
> > If we can handle GEOMETRY objects and convert them to/from WKB/WKT
> > we will also be able to quickly write any convertion tool (eg. SVG).
> 
> As Dave said, passing postgis geometries no the wire is antithetical to 
> OpenGIS principals. A possibly better approach would be to add a 
> WKB-based constructor to GEOS, so that data can be read right off the 
> wire as WKB and very easily converted into GEOS objects at the client. 
> This is true of all client libs, of course. :)
> 
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