Re: [HACKERS] Re: Geometric Data Type in PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: Geometric Data Type in PostgreSQL
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.9912051828060.823-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to Re: Geometric Data Type in PostgreSQL  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > I'm a geographic information systems (GIS) professional and a (home)
> > Linux user.  After reading the documentation for the Geometric data
> > types in PostgreSQL, I'm excited about the possibilities.  Are you
> > aware of any projects where the geometric data types in PostgreSQL are
> > being used as the basis of a GIS or mapping package?
> 
> Not specifically, though I do know that folks have used it to do
> GIS-like things (e.g. given a location on the earth surface, identify
> satellite tracks which are visible).

Isn't Peter Mount using PostgreSQL & JDBC for a GIS project? 


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