[postgis-users] postgis, postgresql and geological data

Dennis Veatch dveatch at woh.rr.com
Wed Dec 17 12:02:27 PST 2003


On Wednesday 17 December 2003 01:29 pm, Thomas, Cord wrote:
> I think you would be wanting DLGs - line graphs, simple lines (that is,
> they are not images, and they are not designed to support 3 dimensions,
> etc.).  These are your roads, rail lines, etc...  Download the DLG
> shapefiles and import into postgis.

Yes that would be good for a general type overview.

>
> you could also get the ortho photographs but these are very large files -
> they would be level 1, then the DLGs would be level 2 and the well points
> and related annotation level 3...
>

What would be a good choice to show 3 dimensions? Not sure what you mean by 
level 1, 2 and 3.

> you then planning to show the data in a web environment, using mapserver?
>

Yes it would be good to have that capablility. Not familiar with mapserver.

> cord
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