[postgis-users] Geodetic support, 3D support, arc support.

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Kuster Jürgen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> As I am doing my Master's Thesis about Spatial Information Systems right
> now, I have been working with the PostGIS system for a few days and am
> still wondering:
> 	
> How far are geodetic systems already supported? Is conversion possible,
> when shall it be implemented? Do spatial operations work correctly on
> this sort of data? Are thus the spatial reference systems of real use
> right now? 

As in datum transformations?  or spatial operations, such as area and 
distance calculations?  Note that area and distance calculations are 
not, IIRC, 3D, but much closer to a planar calculation.
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