[postgis-users] PostGIS and Oracle Comparison

[Godwin, Elizabeth]

Thanks Paul!

We recently have been looking at Oracle vs SDE when it comes to
Mapserver, and I decided I would throw PostGIS into the mix for those
who are curious.  I was demonstrating to one of the GIS/IT guys and
showed him the table, and the feature comparison was something he was
interested in.  Of course having such a feature comparison already made
would save a lot of time.  But if it goes over well, a more thorough
test would probably be needed anyhow.  

Cheers,

Liz

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
> Sent: April 20, 2005 5:24 PM
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS and Oracle Comparison
> 
> 
> Not at the moment, and the most interesting stuff can never really be 
> public (performance comparisons). The other danger I have found w/ 
> comparisons is that Oracle relases "checkbox" features quite 
> regularly 
> that are either very poorly tested and supported or are simply stubs. 
> For example, the Oracle "topology support" remains, at this 
> date (over a 
> year since "release") little more than a data model and some very 
> trivial functions against that model.
> 
> Most of the interesting differences require testing to 
> confirm. I have 
> long had a sneaking suspicion that PostGIS has vastly better query 
> optimization for complex spatial/attribute queries, but I 
> have never had 
> the time to verify this. And even if I did, that might constitute a 
> "benchmark" and not be publishable. :(
> 
> The original study the paper you have was based on was a funded study 
> that took about a month of effort. It also included some private 
> performance numbers for the clients eyes only. Good 
> comparisons really 
> do take time and care.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Godwin, Elizabeth wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >  
> > At last year's OpenSourceGIS Conference, I obtained a document, 
> > "PostGIS
> > Introduction and Evaluation", from a workshop.  In it was a table 
> > comparing Oracle 9i vs PostGIS.  Is there an updated comparison of 
> > PostGIS 1.0.0 to Oracle Spatial 10g??
> >  
> > Thanks!
> >  
> > Liz Godwin
> > 
> > 
> > 
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