Hi,

I'm relatively new to PostGIS and to GIS concepts in general, and I'm working on a project which has a goal of being able to identify points within regions (basically).

In enabling a geometry column I'm stuck on how to decide on which SRID to use. The data will come into the system as lon/lat; and it will be used as both lon/lat (i.e. to show system users points within regions) and in meters (i.e. to tell users how far away one point is from another). Other sorts of analyses will be what regions are near a region, what points are near a point, and what regions and points are enclosed by another region.

Will my choice of SRID affect how efficiently these analyses can be done? Is it possible to use one SRID for all of these different usage scenarios?

Thanking in advance for any help, or useful ideas.

Best regards,
Ed
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