| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Robert Aldridge <RALDRIDG(at)gulf-states(dot)com>, Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: Geometric Data Type in PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 1999-12-05 22:28:33 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.9912051828060.823-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > I'm a geographic information systems (GIS) professional and a (home)
> > Linux user. After reading the documentation for the Geometric data
> > types in PostgreSQL, I'm excited about the possibilities. Are you
> > aware of any projects where the geometric data types in PostgreSQL are
> > being used as the basis of a GIS or mapping package?
>
> Not specifically, though I do know that folks have used it to do
> GIS-like things (e.g. given a location on the earth surface, identify
> satellite tracks which are visible).
Isn't Peter Mount using PostgreSQL & JDBC for a GIS project?
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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