On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller@gmail.com> wrote:
Pls. don't misunderstand my questions: They are directed to get an even more useful spatial data handling of PostgreSQL. I'm working with PostGIS since years and are interested in any work regarding spatial types...
Can anyone report use cases or applications of these built-in geometric types?
Would'nt it be even more useful to concentrate to PostGIS geometry/geography types and extend BRIN to these types?
Note, that PostGIS is a different project which is maintained by separate team. PostGIS have its own priorities, development plan etc.
PostgreSQL have to be self-consistent. In particular, it should have reference implementation of operator classes which extensions can use as the pattern. This is why it's important to maintain built-in geometric types.
In short: once we implement it for built-in geometric types, you can ask PostGIS team to do the same for their geometry/geography.
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