RE: GIS-type databases using PostgreSQL

Quoting Franck Martin <Franck(at)sopac(dot)org>:

Redirecting to the jdbc list...

> Well, I'm not much in Java classes, as the main application will be for
> Gnome. However, it shouldn't stop you to open a branch where you bring
> some Java library to deal with the data...

There's plenty of existing libraries out there, and the jdbc driver already has
support for the existing standard types in PostgreSQL (point, line etc).

A few years ago I did write a simple mapping library that handled things like
co-ordinate transforms and display. I was thinking of updating it to Java2
after PostgreSQL 7.1 was out (as I'm doing with a lot of my stuff).

Peter

>
> If PG Inc and Great Bridges wants to provide support I will be happy
> :-)
> Especially that I'm working for a regional organisation that works for
> the
> development of Pacific Island Countries. A real good deed indeed.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Franck Martin
> Network and Database Development Officer
> SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
> Fiji
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken(at)mort(dot)net [mailto:ken(at)mort(dot)net]
> Sent: Sunday, 4 February 2001 4:45
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: [GENERAL] GIS-type databases using PostgreSQL
>
>
> This would be a great addition to PG. I queried about this many
> years ago (I think to Tom Lockhart) but I think there were other
> priorities at that time.
>
> I spoke to two groups (PostgreSQL Inc and GreatBridge) at this
> year's Linux Expo in New York about this topic. I will forward
> your project's web site to them.
>
> My interest is to create open source Java classes that could be
> used to create fat or thin mapping applications. In particular,
> the thin apps should be able to connect to geographically
> enabled servers (ideally PostgreSQL). This would enable
> organizations to do mapping on a small budget (the commercial
> vendors are charging way too much).
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Ken Mort <ken(at)mort(dot)net>
> Brooklyn, NY, USA
>
> Franck(at)sopac(dot)org (Franck Martin) wrote in
> <F12ECEA0435AD211B5280008C7ACBC857FF28A(at)BIGIRON>:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Me and others are planning to move PG to ISO19100 compliance.
> >ISO19100 is the future standard that is describing GIS
> >systems.
> >
> >If you visit FMaps.sourceforge.net and go in the CVS you will
> >see in the directory /src/geoobj/ procedures to add
> >geographic data types to PG. These procedures need to be
> >rewritten as they are not ISO19100 compliant. But all the
> >concepts are there and working.
> >
> >The work doesn't stop here and include metadata schema,
> >feature schema, but a the moment the crunch is creating a
> >geographic object type in PG and rendering it.
> >
> >Cheers.
> >
> >Franck Martin
> >Network and Database Development Officer
> >SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
> >Fiji
> >E-mail: franck(at)sopac(dot)org <mailto:franck(at)sopac(dot)org>
> >Web site: http://www.sopac.org/<http://www.sopac.org/>
> >Support FMaps: http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/
> ><http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/>
> >
>

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