Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

2008-11-04 Thread P Kishor
On 11/4/08, Chris Puttick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not necessary to store the image file itself in the database to get concurrency control, data protection, integrity and management features. There are a number of good document management systems (Alfresco, KnowledgeTree) that offer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

2008-11-04 Thread Lester Caine
Lucena, Ivan wrote: That would reduce the complexity a lot. It would be *just* 80 files. I probably don't even need a separate then in folder. I could also generate pyramids overlay on those. That would increase the data storage a little: 80 files 80x720x360x250x2x2=2073600 Does anybody

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

2008-11-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 08:57:53PM -0200, Gilberto Camara wrote: Jim Gray´s paper and much more on this issue is on his site at MS Research. Gray has hundreds of papers listed on his Microsoft Research page. As I said, I'm not claiming that Gray's paper said or did not say something, merely

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

2008-11-03 Thread P Kishor
On 11/3/08, Gilberto Camara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. Allow me to reiterate my earlier argument, which is that FOSS4G should **allow** users the option of storing raster data in a database. Storing images in a database is not recommended in each and every situation. The user should