Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens


 
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Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens

12-30-2008 07:00 AM
Many public administrations already use open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to let citizens look at public geographic data trough dedicated Web sites. Others use the same software to partially open the data gathering process: they let citizens directly add geographic information to the official, high-quality GIS databases by drawing or clicking on digital maps.



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database(1grass)						Grass User's Manual						  database(1grass)

GRASS GIS 6.4.2 Reference Manual
       Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as GRASS, is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_informa-
       tion_system">Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps  produc-
       tion, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many
       governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.

       This reference manual details the use of modules distributed with Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS), an open source (GNU
       GPL'ed), image processing and geographic information system (GIS).  Go back to help overview
       database commands:
	    | db.columns   | List all columns for a given table.
	    | db.connect   | Prints/sets general DB connection for current mapset and exits.
	    | db.copy	   | Copy a table.
	    | db.describe  | Describes a table in detail.
	    | db.drivers   | Lists all database drivers.
	    | db.dropcol   | Drops a column from selected attribute table
	    | db.droptable	| Drops an attribute table.
	    | db.execute   | Executes any SQL statement.
	    | db.in.ogr    | Imports attribute tables in various formats.
	    | db.login	   | Sets user/password for driver/database.
	    | db.out.ogr   | Exports attribute tables into various formats.
	    | db.select    | Selects data from attribute table (performs SQL query statement(s)).
	    | db.tables    | Lists all tables for a given database.
	    | db.test	   | Test database driver, database must exist and set by db.connect.

       Full Index
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