53 We can demonstrate database support by connecting GRASS to the most commonly used DBMS (PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MySQL, Oracle/Locator, sqlite) * teachers: o Stephan Holl o Otto Dassau o Jachym Cepicky o Paolo Zatelli * abstract (proposed topics): o Installation, prerequirements o Configuration of external RDBMS to use as attribute-storage + Benefits of RDBMS and GRASS + Sharing attribute-data with other applications o Configuration of spatialy enabled RDBMS (PostGIS/Oracle Spatial) + reading and writing from/to such RDBMS + Using already existing data from such RDBMS o Hints for practical usage of external RDBMS. FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source Software for Geoinformatics Workshop Session 1 Stephan Holl holl@gdf-hannover.de Otto Dassau dassau@gdf-hannover.de Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepicky@centrum.cz Paolo Zatelli paolo.zatelli@ing.unitn.it Stephan Holl holl@gdf-hannover.de Otto Dassau dassau@gdf-hannover.de Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepicky@centrum.cz Paolo Zatelli paolo.zatelli@ing.unitn.it <MaKaC.conference.ContributionType object at 0xb420caec> [WKS] Workshop