| From: | Maarten Boekhold <boekhold(at)tibco(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bryan Mattern <bm(at)cc(dot)gatech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] GIS/GPS Experiences with pgsql? |
| Date: | 1999-02-19 08:52:03 |
| Message-ID: | 36CD2633.7E37E11D@tibco.com |
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> > Vector not raster. Right?
>
> Actually, it's just text. Here's a sample record:
>
> 10003 43140280 B Smallwood Road A31 13131891899301893018 9501 9501 227
> 222 -82521645+33638976 -82528956+33639940
I assume this describes a vector....
> may remember me for having brought the TIGER map database to free
> software. If you want copies of that, you can get them through Dale
> Scheetz..."
>
> Anybody know WTF he is talking about?
IIRC he bought the copyrights to the TIGER map and released it under GPL
or something like that.
Maarten
ps. How much 'pgsql-space (ie. megabytes)' would 600M of a textual
description like the above take? I assume pgsql can store this more
efficiently in its tables using these geometric types.
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Maarten Boekhold, boekhold(at)tibco(dot)com
TIBCO Finance Technology Inc.
The Atrium
Strawinskylaan 3051
1077 ZX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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