[postgis-users] Improving Performance

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Sure, until you need to get more accuracy than an integer (large) can 
provide.  When I'm working in the geodetic realm, UTM values in integer 
form aren't good enough...

gerry

Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> 
>  > I had a little idea like this in December - a 'lean' version of postgis,
>  > that only supports 2D geometries (and points) and where all  geometries
>  > are assumed to have the same projection.
> 
> Interesting idea.  In my case, almost all my data is in UTM.  Could the 
> geometries then just be INTEGER pairs and not FLOATS?
> 
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