[postgis-users] How to access raster data?

[strk at refractions.net]

Raster suppor in postgis is very limited
(I'd say inexistent - actually undocumented also).

It takes time to add it. And interest.
Either financing or direct or external interest will
make the support work. 

--strk;

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 11:04:39AM +0200, Vortex wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Is gdal_contour the only way to access raster data
> within postgis? 
> I need height information for single points and
> i think GTOPO30 raster data would be sufficient.
> 
> Why does gdal_contour produces non-closed linestrings?
> Are they at the border? I suppose i have to convert
> the linestrings to polygons to search for matching
> contour lines (planes in this case)?
> 
> Klaus
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