[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Board] FOSS4G 2007 Wrap Up

2008-01-15 Thread Jeroen Ticheler
Dear Paul, I would like to thank you once more for the great work you and your whole team did in organizing the conference!! I'm sure to do that on behalf of the whole community. It was a great event that we won't forget soon. You've put the bar high for those that are next in line. Thanks

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geo Database

2008-01-15 Thread Frank Hardisty
David and All, A nice up-and-coming open Java geodatabase format is H2 + spatial extensions. The H2 database is by the same guy that wrote that HSQL db. H2 has some good properties, most importantly, it's small (1 Mb), works well in embedded mode, and is fast. Adding in spatial data in JTS