[postgis-users] PostGIS functionality on non DB types

[P Kishor]

You could use GEOS or JTS directly.

On 9/5/06, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a situation where PostGIS-like functionality is required (i.e.
> buffering shorelines).  The issue is that the data are not PostGIS
> enabled (why PostGIS is not used here is another story).
>
> Is there any way the PostGIS engine can be used on a non-PostGIS type
> (say shapefile) with a scripting language (say Perl, PHP)?
>
> Thanks
>
> ..Tom
>


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