do I need postgis?

[Paul Ramsey]

It's easier to manage your data if it is in PostGIS, but that is about
where the advantages run out (unless you are also doing concurrent
incremental update).
P.

On Friday, September 17, 2004, at 05:10 AM, joerg p wrote:

> hello,
>
> I want to show a gps tracking line on a map and also some cities. I
> want
> to fetch the data via php mapscript from mysql and draw it dynamicly in
> the map.
>
> Is it faster to fetch via a map file and postgis?
>
> thanks
> Joerg
>
      Paul Ramsey
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