[Gvsig_english] GvSIG and Joins

[silvio grosso]

Hi Ben,
 
Benjamin wrote:

> It seems to me that gvSIG's Join functionality is 
> the weakest point of the current 1.9 code base. 

 
It is
always really interesting to read your considerations (and to use your help).
However,
let’s not be too pessimistic because gvSIG’s developers know about this.
When you
start studying GIS and a software to apply it, one of the first things you have
to perform are queries…
I am
confident Spanish developers are going to fix all major bugs related to Joins as soon as
possible. 
At present,
most developers are on holiday.
Remember
that even commercial softwares are often rather “buggy”. For instance, Esri
releases service pack for its products all the time.
 
Currently,
in my opinion, without being obliged to use a commercial GIS, an user can
“join” Qgis with gvSIG :-)
Don’t’ get
me wrong: I am a gvSIG’s user and I really appreciate it.
Nevertheless,
I know, and I am being told all the time, that Qgis is really powerful. 
Its next
stable version is supposed to being released on the beginning of September.
 
I think
Qgis is powerful than gvSIG regarding the join functions for two reasons.
Obviously
they are my personal reasons and I might be totally wrong.
The first
advantage for Qgis is the option to use a GUI to work with Postgis. 
This GUI is
provided by a plugin, the “Postgis manager” and its maintainer is really active
(now he is working to port the PAL library, for symbology stuff, in Qgis).
The link
for this plugin is: http://mapserver.sk/~wonder/qgis/plugins-sandbox.xml.
The second
benefit for Qgis is the support for Spatialite (whose webpage is http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/)
which is a selling point for it.
 
This being
said I am sure gvSIG is going to reach Qgis. 

It only needs some time.
For
instance, regarding the Spatialite support in gvSIG you can read this post in
Spanish (http://listserv.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_usuarios/2009-July/009492.html)
In this
message, Nacho Uve, a Spanish developer, explains that a team, at Cartolab, is
doing some work on gvSIG and Sqlite. 
Actually,
they are at the very beginning of it. 
 
Best
regards,
 
Silvio