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From: rbeck@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Robert Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Image DBs
Keywords: Image, DB, Extended SQL, OODBMS
Message-ID: <8798@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 90 13:07:48 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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I am working on a system for integrating image data from ground penetrating
radar with other sensor data from a hazardous materials environment .  (e.g. -
chemical concentration, temperature, height ).  So far I have investigated
both Relational and Object Oriented DataBases for a solution to this problem.
The best solution I have found is Empress - a Relational system with a BULK
datatype that can be used for any format binary data.  It's SQL can be extended
to include your own C functions for application specific operations.
Does anybody know of other systems that might be better ?  What about
opinions on the Relational versus Object Oriented debate for Image DBS ?


Thank you.

Bob Beck
(rbeck@ri.cmu.edu)