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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Imre,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wow that’s a great summary covers Azure whole Geospatial space <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think Imre has provided you with a good starting point to ask your questions and to Greg’s point, many of these<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>questions you’ll want to ask on Azure social systems.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We just happened to be a much nicer group of people than all of those <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> postgis-users <postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Imre Samu<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 30, 2023 10:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS verse those in Azure Cloud<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>> As compared with PostGIS spatial operations, what are the advantages and disadvantages <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>> of various systems in Azure Cloud in terms of supporting further development.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>see: <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/orbital/geospatial-reference-architecture">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/orbital/geospatial-reference-architecture</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Azure Cloud has many features related to GeoSpatial. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>One small part of this is<b> "Azure Database for PostgreSQL</b> (+ PostGIS)."<br><br>However, migrating to Azure Cloud can mean different things. <br>If someone specifically means MS SQL Server, then it's not ideal for PostGIS. :-(<br><br>Regards,<br> Imre<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Shaozhong SHI <<a href="mailto:shishaozhong@gmail.com">shishaozhong@gmail.com</a>> ezt írta (időpont: 2023. aug. 30., Sze, 14:31):<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to review the underlying geospatial capability of these systems as the geospatial capability maturity have been developed unevenly. I am interested in the following:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As compared with PostGIS spatial operations, what are the advantages and disadvantages of various systems in Azure Cloud in terms of supporting further development.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In my mind and from my experience, PostGIS has a lot of useful underlying functions that support development of other applications.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My initial glance of what other systems offer in the Azure, the potential for this is not great.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to find information on this and confirm or reject this understanding.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Secondary programming/development relies on what the underlying functionality of a system provides. Add-on development is based on the underlying technology offered. From my experience, PostGIS offers a versatile range of functions and capability. This is important to any other add-on development for forming robust and useful geospatial applications.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Am I right?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 at 01:31, David Haynes <<a href="mailto:haynesd2@gmail.com" target="_blank">haynesd2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Suprio Ray and Ahmed Eldway are two researchers that do a lot of spatial computation work on big data (Hadoop, Spark, and parallel computation frameworks). In my opinion, PostGIS is a more robust tool for spatial operations. However other tools and platforms can be very good for specific spatial operations. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 12:40 PM Shaozhong SHI <<a href="mailto:shishaozhong@gmail.com" target="_blank">shishaozhong@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Geospatial capability has varied maturity in different systems, particular of interest is those in Azure Cloud as compared to PostGIS.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is there any publication on this topic?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>postgis-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>postgis-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>postgis-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>