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

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.
>
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> Andrew Groom Phone: (03) 3711 862
> GIS Business analyst, MIS Fax: (03) 3711 789
> Christchurch City Council Email: andrew_at_ccc.govt.nz
> P.O. Box 237, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
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>
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.

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Bill Stock