[OSM-dev] MySQL GIS extensions - some tipps

[Gora Mohanty]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:15:10 +0200
Mitja Kleider <mitja at kleider.name> wrote:

> Andi,
> 
> Roland Olbricht wrote:
> >> Somebody has suggested the Cern database Root, but I have 
> >> not tried this one. The source code of the mentioned legacy
> >> system is also available.
> 
> Andreas Kalsch wrote:
> > Now I will google for "Cern database Root" ...
> 
> Reading Cern and ROOT I think you are looking for
> http://root.cern.ch/
> 
> But I have no idea how ROOT is related to spatial queries on a
> Geodatabase. ROOT can handle coordinate systems but also
> Geography related? There is a class TGeoManager. Please keep me
> informed if you find out more.

I have some acquaintance with ROOT, though it has been a long time.
It is aimed largely at particle physicists, though it does have
many features of general use. Not sure if it has developed GIS
capabilities, though I really doubt that they would have changed
their focus that much. ROOT's TGeoManager class handles its internal
3D geometry, and has nothing to do with GIS.

Regards,
Gora