SIS: Lets talk about geospatial vs geodetic

Ok, So we see IDS now making the push on geodetic over geospatial. The "round earth" is more accurate because it takes in consideration that the earth really is elliptical in its calculations. What that translates to is that the queries using geodetic are more computational intensive than spatial queries. Now in certain industries, this isn't a bad thing. But if the bulk of the LBS market is geared towards hand held devices, the majority of them are maybe accurate enough to pin point your position within 10 meters at best. (That's 30 or so feet) Most likely, you'll get within 100 feet in practice. So why not use geospatial which is more than accurate enough for the mass market? What is the targeted niche that IDS marketing is trying to reach? Oh, the other big thing. geospatial is free with IDS. Geodetic isn't. Is it worth the 50K? -G PS. And what sample data ships with IDS these days?

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > PS. And what sample data ships with IDS these days? > > Nothing. Ludwig Pauli called up and threatened IBM under the Data Protection Act. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com