Exactly - people who work in GIS will tell you a lot (if you ask) about the power of DB systems that can do spatial analysis (Oracle, for example).
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Lets say you get to be the size of myspace.com or flickr.com they > cannot be storing all of those images in a database would they? > > It is very possible... > > TerraServer: > > http://terraserver-usa.com/about.aspx?n=AboutTerraServiceOverview > > http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=272 > > "The images on TerraServer are made up of individual 200 x 200 pixel > tiles that have been resampled from the USGS aerial images. The tiles > are then organized in a database table by theme, resolution, and > location." > > m!ke > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301909 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
