[gdal-dev] Postgis Raster out-db support

Stefan Keller sfkeller at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 07:19:20 PDT 2013


2013/3/22 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>:
> I'd say, PostGIS Raster may store in tiles, if you wish so, but tiles are
> just one of possible schemes.

Thanks for the hints to the tickets/issues.
You're right. But usually you will want to tile your raster.

AFAIK the maximum width x height permitted in PostGIS Raster is 65535 x 65535.
And the maximum field size is 1 GB (PostgreSQL).

Yours, Stefan

2013/3/22 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>:
> On 22 March 2013 12:02, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Paolo and Mateusz
>>
>> Thanks for the hints.
>> I'm fully aware what's in the docs.
>> PostGIS Raster stores raster data in tiles.
>
> I'd say, PostGIS Raster may store in tiles, if you wish so, but tiles are
> just one of possible schemes.
>
> You may also want to check latest issues related to out-db
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2217
> http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2222
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net


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