Re: Wanted: info on "Oracle GIS" ???

In article <khuisman.59.000BBCAC_at_wnet.gov.edmonton.ab.ca>, khuisman_at_wnet.gov.edmonton.ab.ca (Ken Huisman) says:
>
>In article <3ijofg$8ul_at_ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> sendil_at_ix.netcom.com (Sendil Nathan) writes:
>>From: sendil_at_ix.netcom.com (Sendil Nathan)
>>Subject: Re: Wanted: info on "Oracle GIS" ???
>>Date: 24 Feb 1995 04:48:48 GMT
 

>>In <793568930snz_at_swlogica.demon.co.uk> stockb_at_swlogica.demon.co.uk (Bill
>>Stock) writes:
 

>>>
>>>In article <1995Feb20.084239.1_at_ccc.govt.nz> andrew_at_ccc.govt.nz writes:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> Last week I posted the following to comp.infosystems.gis:
>>>>
>>>> : Just out of idle curiosity, is anyone out there working on a
>>>> : corporate-type GIS system where *all* the data ( spatial and
 aspatial
>>>> : ) is held in an industry-standard RDBMS ( e.g. Oracle ) and is
>>>> : accessed through a MS Windows front-end via *standard* database
>>>> : connectivity tools ( e.g. ODBC ) ????
>>>>
>>>> and got the following reply:
>>>>
>>>> > From my (old) information, Oracle itself is developing some or all
 of
>>>> > what you want at their Ottawa research site ...
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone out there know anything about this ? Anyone from Oracle
>>>> prepared to comment ?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Andrew.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Intergraph used to sell GIS software which I think would access data
>>>from Oracle. The hardware grpahics edit stations was more drawing
 office
>>>than desktop, these were running UNIX and motif/custom software.
>>>But it was possible also to enter data using forms to the Oracle DB.
>>>
>>>Laserscan at Cambridge also did a GIS Metropolis which worked I think
 under
>>>Motif storing data in an Oracle database.
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Bill Stock
>>>
 

>>ESRI's ARC Info, ARC View etc maybe a good bet. A bit expensive I heard,
>>but classy.
>
>
>Let's see. GeoVision is a GIS package that uses Oracle to store all of its
>information. I have not seen this package myself. System 9 is another
>package like this, and I would say it has become the de-facto
>corporate standard where i work. Several departments use it.
>Apparently the current version uses a proprietary database, but can link its
>data into oracle. I have heard that they are working on making the next
>version use oracle as the native database. Intergraph solutions I have seen
>do not store *all* the information in the database, but store much of it in
>CAD type files. I have not seen every intergraph package but this is true for
>the ones i have seen.
>
>Of course, each of these packages have their strengths and weaknesses.
>
>Ken
>
Received on Wed Mar 01 1995 - 18:53:00 CET