Interbase has a "blade" to do this and Postgres also has such a type.

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Adam Clarke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Harper [mailto:BHarper@empowergeo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2000 7:30
> To: IB-Architect@onelist.com
> Subject: [IB-Architect] Spatial objects in IB
>
>
> From: "Bryan Harper" <BHarper@empowergeo.com>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has any there been any discussion about the implementing spatial
> objects in future releases of InterBase? The reason I ask is that
> Oracle 8i "natively" supports spatial objects and I would like to
> have or be able to suggest possible alternatives.
>
> Let me explain what I mean by spatial objects. Basically what I am
> talking about is storing data for GIS(Geographic Information System)
> applications. For a better explanation and more details (from an
> Oracle point of view) see http://www.oracle.com/da
> tabase/options/spatial/index.html.
>
> Thank you
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
>
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