Stephen Guerin wrote: > Are we at a similar threshold now with GIS/3D? > I haven't worked on GIS stuff lately, but I am interested in technologies for high performance multidimensional query. I've experimented with some products like TimesTen from Oracle, but wish for something like http://www-vis.lbl.gov/Events/SC05/HDF5FastQuery/index.html but without layering over O.S. system calls, i.e. data stored in native format with bitmap indicies or similar to accelerate query.
Hmm, maybe there's a market for scientific data appliances (no not file servers!) say running some microkernel/exokernel that take remote procedure calls over Infiniband or such? Calls conceptually like SQL, but intended to be way way faster... Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
