Using Python in a GIS context

[Bernhard Reiter]

In article <mailman.990705875.5401.python-list at python.org>,
	"Andrej Kobler" <andrej.kobler at gozdis.si> writes:
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> I was looking for some freeware / open-source object-oriented GIS =
> (Geographic information system) of which I unfortunately found none. 

Where did you have your eyes, it is all there:
	www.freegis.org

(BTW: It is all "Free Software" there. Most freeware is _not_ Free
Software.)

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> would be used for classifying high-resolution satellite imagery by using =
> also semantic information represented in meaningfull image objects and =
> their interrelations.=20

You will be able to script GRASS or OSSIM with python to do this.

> Is it possible to devise an object-oriented vector GIS database in =
> Python with a small programming effort or is this a mayor task? 

I guess it is a major task.

> Has =
> anybody used Python in a similar context (I am aware of Python support =
> for ArcWiev GIS which unfortunately still operates upon =
> non-object-oriented ArcInfo databases)?

I am not aware of Free Software approaches towards your goals. 
If you want a Free Software solution you might ask again on the freegis list.
Otherwise comp.infosystems.gis certainly is another good place to ask.

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Please stop posting in HTML, this is considered very impolite!

	Bernhard
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