[postgis-users] Anti-meridian and polar polygon question

[Paul Ramsey]

Ken Tanaka wrote:

> The Informix DB with the Geodetic Datablade option handles these, but 
> does anyone know of other spatially enabled databases that can also do 
> this, either free or commercial? I'm involved with a system design team 
> that is monitoring GIS capabilities available.

Currently only Informix (Geodetic Blade) and now DB2 (Geodetic 
Extension) do complete handling of integrated global datasets. PostGIS, 
like many other spatial databases, has cartesian assumptions.

Paul