Exactly, For low sized shapefiles, always go for Shapefiles instead of PostGIS. It is because, at the time of map generation, complete shapefiles gets loaded into the memory (if memory is good enough). But, with PostGIS, its DB look up for each time.
Go for the shapefiles !! Regards, Ritesh Ambastha Jay Douillard wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've searched around and I can't find an answer. Has anyone done any tests > as to the performance differences between using a shapefile with an index > and PostGIS when rendering with mapnik. I ask as my experience with Arcmap > tells me that geodatabases are 2 to 3 times faster to draw over > shapefiles....I'm currently using shapefiles, but if there is a large > performance gain I may set up a PostGIS database. > Thanks! > > > ---- > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/PostGIS-vs-Shapefile-Speed-tp21818788p21890691.html Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
