[Freegis-list] terrain database, how?

[Paolo Cavallini]

There have been discussions about extending PostGIS capabilities to raster 
data.
Might be worth the while to investigate this.
All the best.
pc

At 20:38, lunedì 28 febbraio 2005, yxu has probably written:
> Hello guys,
>
> I am working on a terrain visualization software that is capable of
> visualizing huge areas. But I have no idea on how to organize the
> data. Should I organize the data in conventional way: that is to break
> up the whole area into lots of small files,  or to use database
> software such as mysql?  I am very impressed with the "Seamless data
> distributed system" of USGS. Does anyone here know how they organize
> the data (DEM, land use, etc.)?
>
> Thanks in advanced
>
> yxu
>
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