[Mapserver-users] MySQL Spatial Extensions

[Paul Ramsey]

Yes, they are separate. The built-in PgSQL geometric types are not 
really properly set up for GIS work (no holes, no srids, no aggregates), 
they were more of an academic project dating back to the early PgSQL 
source code.

Keith Campbell wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> No, I haven't tried PostGIS but I am looking into it. On that note, 
> PostgreSQL itself has geometric types, operators and functions - are 
> these separate from the PostGIS extensions?
> 
> Keith
> 
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 
>> Keith Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> Does Mapserver provide support for the MySQL Spatial Extensions (R4.1)?
>>
>>
>>
>> Not at the moment. Tried PostGIS (postgis.refractions.net)?
>> P
>>
> 


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