[Xastir-dev] Xastir-NG: map support

[Gerry Creager]

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Gerry Creager wrote:
> 
>> The GDAL/ORG tools work nicely for vector -> postGIS management.  They also
>> offer some help for rasters although getting a good raster into a postGIS db
>> isn't that good an idea.  Better a good vector MAP, then a georeferenced
>> raster with the geo data maintained in the db.
> 
> Yea, vectors into the database, processed once from their original
> format, then they all look alike to Xastir from then on.
> 
> 
>> I'm currently thinking GM over IM, since IM has been a moving target since the
>> dawn of time.
> 
> My preference would be to dump both and find a library to do a bare
> minimum of formats (perhaps only PNG?) then get the sources merged
> in with Xastir code.  Other formats could be converted and put it
> into one of the few that Xastir supports.  This method would give us
> fewer problems over time plus more cross-platform compatibility.
> 
> We've had SO much trouble with some of the larger libraries,
> particularly IM but also GM to some extent.  We've had trouble on
> and off with others as well:  OpenMotif/ LessTif/ libcurl/ wget/
> libtiff/ libgeotiff.

No argument; makes sense to me.

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