Benchmarking 2010/Cadcorp notes

Cadcorp Notes

(for the Benchmarking 2010 exercise)

Software

Cadcorp SIS 7.0

Bugfixes

• Handle DBF files > 2Gb
• Support PostGIS geometry columns with 4D (XYZM) geometry type
• Improved DBF string encoding handling

Enhancements

• Cache DBF record data for the current SHP record
• Allow Label Theme to use fill brush and/or outline pen from other Overlay Themes
• Improved Label Theme "along lines" option, to better suit contour data

Data

Vector

SHP

• Created *.shp.idx Rtree spatial files via SIS UI

PostGIS

• "contours" table
  • No spatial index - created by User:Pwramsey3
  • No primary key/unique index column - created by User:Pwramsey3

Oracle

• No changes
• N.B. CONTOURS table not used: needs investigation

Cadcorp Feature Database (FDB)

• Created from SHP files
  • One per SHP file, except for contour-* which were merged into a single file
• Columns not used for styling or labelling ignored, to reduce data transfer sizes
• Added FC ("feature code") column

Raster

TIF

• No changes

ECW

• No changes