[postgis-users] PostGIS conditions

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 17:58 +0100, Ricard Grau (Yahoo) wrote:

> Please anybody can solve these questions about PostGIS:
> - maximum database size?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.4

> - maximum use of memory?

Unlimited but configurable - more likely to be limited to the amount of
shared memory your OS can use.

> - maximum use (number) of processors?

Unlimited, but a single query can currently only use a single processor.

> - is it supporting topology?

Currently it's in an experimental phase: see
http://postgis.refractions.net/support/wiki/index.php?PostgisTopology.

> - which coordinate systems is supporting? PROJ4, Mentor?

PROJ.4

> - Which GIS software (commercial and freeware) is actually supporting
> PostGIS?

http://postgis.refractions.net/support/wiki/index.php?ToolsSupportPostgis


The answers to all these questions and more can be found by reading the
online documentation for both PostgreSQL and PostGIS.


HTH,

Mark.