[Thuban-list] Thuban & PostGIS

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hi Tom,

On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 06:33:06PM -0500, nym wrote:
> I intend to extend Thuban to utilize the geographical database, 
> PostGIS, which relies on the PostgreSQL db. I wish to implement 
> this so that I can make geospatial markers that are fixed dynamic, or 
> time based (for events). Right now I have Thuban running on my 
> Mac OS X laptop, and I am setting up other machines to use this 
> software. If you are interested in this, as it seems, I'd like to use your 
> cvs to make any modifications, otherwise I'll establish my own cvs 
> server. 

I very much apreciate your plan to add PostGIS support to Thuban
(it is also on our wishlist :-).

It really does not make sense to maintain a separate CVS as we
are continuously adding improvements and it would mean a lot work
to synchronize.

We will provide you with an cvs write access. However, this means
that we all have to coordinate changes so that there
is always a running thuban and that changes do not interfere.
This mailing list is the best place for it.

> Also, am I right in thinking that Thuban only supports vector based 
> files? It would be nice to be able to include raster based images 
> such as arial photos, but not necessary for what I wish to do.

Supporting images is also on our roadmap :-)

> I hope you want to collaborate on this, because I'm pretty excited 
> about the implications of these features.

I am happy to have additional people on board!

All the best

	Jan

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