[Freegis-list] terrain database, how?

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am 28. Feb 2005 um 11:38:27 schrieb yxu:
> 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?  

The general rule on such a problem is to use your own optimisations
and not a general purpose database.
This is because you know your problem and the constrains best
and can design the system (read only, buffering) fully according to
your application needs.

So I probably would go with breaking the data up in tiles.

	Bernhard


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