mysql?

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at FAUNALIA.IT
Wed Dec 21 14:02:11 EST 2005


PostGIS has a lot of real GIS functions (eg buffer, intersect, touches, 
within, overlay, distance, etc) which I think are missing from MyGIS.
See http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/postgis.pdf
All the best.
pc
At 19:53, mercoledì 21 dicembre 2005, Adam has probably written:
> I was reading in "Web Mapping Illustrated" that MySQL "lacks many of the
> spatial functions found in PostGIS".
>
> Anyone have an idea what features it lacks?
>
> Which MySQL or PostGIS does anyone prefer?
>
> I'm just starting to implment a spatial database and wonder which one to
> use.
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