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Re: GIS connections?

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:56:05 -0700
Message-ID: <AaudnaW2EcJ7E_TfRVn-3Q@comcast.com>


Oxnard wrote:
> "Chris Sanders" <mgmonza_at_sdf.lonestar.org> wrote in message
> news:Pine.NEB.4.61.0504222043040.12082_at_ukato.freeshell.org...
>

>>Is Oracle used much as a database front-end for GIS?
>>
>>Chris
>>

>
>
> yes
> see the spatial data module
>
>

Also check out this press release on the popularity of Oracle in the GIS market - http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/1694806.html. IDC states that "Oracle holds 80-90 percent market share for SIM-oriented database installations." Note - SIM = Spatial Information Management Received on Fri Apr 22 2005 - 18:56:05 CDT

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