[postgis-users] Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver and PostgreSQL

[Vinko Vrsalovic]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:27:11PM -0800, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> Is PostGIS preferable to shape files? Depends on what your needs are. 
> Jan gave a pretty good summary of the kinds of higher level things you 
> can do with PostGIS which you cannot do with shape files. When it comes 
> to performance, (spatially indexed) shapefiles are unbeatable. When it 
> comes to application flexibility, a PostGIS-based application is hard to 
> beat.

I agree on that last one, but I miss the ability to create Mapserver
layers from PostgreSQL/PostGIS views. Is there a plan to support that anytime
soon? 

Thanks,
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Vinko Vrsalovic <el[|- at -|]vinko.cl>
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