Adam wrote:
I was reading in "Web Mapping Illustrated" that MySQL "lacks many of the
spatial functions found in PostGIS".
Anyone have an idea what features it lacks?
There is a good analysis that Paul Ramsey did a year or two ago that I
can't put my hands on, but ask on the PostGIS list and I'm sure they
will point you to is. Overall, it is a pretty unbiased (IMO) analysis
that was done during a project to assess porting PostGIS to MySQL and
points out a lot of problems and deferences in the way things work.
Which MySQL or PostGIS does anyone prefer?
I used MySQL for years and resisted moving to PostGIS because I didn't
feel I had time to learn it. I finally made the jump to PostGIS and I am
kicking myself for not moving over sooner.
It was not as hard as I had imagined to learn.
It is well integrated with mapserver.
It is very well supported on the PostGIS list - Thanks guys!
You can do amazing things with PostGIS!
I'm just starting to implment a spatial database and wonder which one to
use.
Just use Postgres/PostGIS! I still love MySQL and use it for some things
but I am finding that there is not reason to now that I have migrated to
PostGIS.
-Steve W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paolo Cavallini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:15 PM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mysql?
Hi all.
I have seen on the home page that MapServer supports MySQL tables via OGR,
which however does not have support for spatial data. Could someone point
out
a resource to understand this better, or give us a brief overview of MySQL
support in UMN MS?
Thanks a lot.
pc
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