d has probably
been organized by the GIS community, but that's
another technology to learn about.
> Osvaldo Sommer
>
> -Original Message-
> From: David Blomstrom
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE
David Blomstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Getting Oriented: Political versus Ecological Geography
Hm... I think you were an even bigger help than I
anticipated! If I understand correctly, I need to fix
the tables I
--- Peter Brawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> David,
>
> If one finds oneself thinking about creating large
> numbers of columns for
> particular features, the working model is likely not
> general enough (eg why
> not a child table that permits you to add any number
> of features you please
> f
t;
>
> This way you can define the characteristics 1 time
> and assign to a
> country as many or as few as you need.
>
> You may want to use innob tables to create the
> foreing key and to help
> them inforce them.
>
> Hope this is usefull
>
> Osvaldo
the foreing key and to help
them inforce them.
Hope this is usefull
Osvaldo Sommer
-Original Message-
From: David Blomstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting Oriented: Political versus Ecological Geography
--- Peter
--- Peter Brawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >In the states table, should I list Colorado's
> regions
> >in three cells... Great Plains | Rocky Mountains |
> >Colorado Plateau, or group them in one cell, like
> >this:
>
> >Colorado | state | grasslands, Rocky Mountains,
> >Colorado Plateau | co
ame table as continents &
oceans, or how you would model relationships like adjacent-to, surrounds,
entirely-enclosed-by, disjoint, whether you are using openGIS, &c.
PB
- Original Message -
From: David Blomstrom
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 5:46 PM
Subjec
I think this is pretty simple, but I'm not thinking
very clearly at the moment, and I want to make sure I
get it right. I want to create a database with
information on the world's nations and smaller
jurisdictions (e.g. states and provinces) AND on
physiographic and bio/ecological regions.
My prim
