On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 19:18 -0500, Jason Winningham wrote: > On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Tate Belden wrote: > > > Is that even possible? To standardize on a generic 'SQL' so a > > specific set of features offered by any one SQL server don't > > dictate that server and only that server can be used? > > I seem to recall that postgres has some specific GIS-type extensions > (PostGIS?) that would be desirable for an xastir implementation.
Yes, PostGIS has spatial extensions, but I believe requiring the user have a full-blown database is excessive. I use it myself, but it shouldn't be forced onto anyone. SQLite should suffice in parsing DBase files of reasonable size. -- 73, de Brad KB8UYR/6 <rez touchofmadness com> _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir