Building PostGIS is not all that difficult on Solaris, certainly less so that porting applications. Be not afraid of the make. Give it a try, if you have problems, send them here with details.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Thurber, Fred <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Fred.Thurber@gdit.com">Fred.Thurber@gdit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif">I already did the port, ugh. I switched over to using PostgreSQL box types with a GiST index. Seems to work well and is fast (at least compared to the old sequential searches). I suspect that it will break down
at the high latitudes, but luckily our customer is at a low latitude. I had to solve the International Date Line problem myself, alas.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif">We will there ever be another release of Solaris? Can we lobby for the PostGIS package in the installed PostgreSQL?</font></div>
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