You didn't expect me to give the whole game away, did you?

;-)

N.


-----Original Message-----
From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kendall Sears
Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 2:11 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Spatial extensions for Firebird


Spatial Extensions are far more than just the data storage. The OpenGIS
standard specifies a plethora of spatial operators that operate on the
data storage and return specific data. These AND the data storage are
what make up a spatial database.

Now, it *IS* possible to store spatial data and spatially operate on it in
a non spatial database. This is done by ESRI's ArcINFO/ArcDesktop suite
of GIS applications to allow MS SQL Server to store spatial data in an
otherwise spatially incompetent database.

Kendall

> It's easy to build, and far more flexible than implementing it in the
> engine.
> Imagine needing to store something the engine didn't support:
>
> Here's a quick sample of some tables:

[Nice set of example tables deleted]





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