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

[Norman Vine]

Ken Tanaka writes:
> 
> 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.

FYI
The 'engine' of the Informix Geodetic Datablade is available
as a 'C' library that can spatially enable any DB with just a little 
bit of work
http://www.geodyssey.com

IIRC it has much better areal computation capability
then what is shipped with the Informix module

Norman