[postgis-users] if i use postgis, is it true that i'll then have to worry about supporting only 1 database??

[Chris Hermansen]

John, you've posed this question in kind of an odd way.  But anyway,
I'll take a stab at it.

If you can meet your needs with PostgreSQL + PostGIS, then you will only
need one database.  In order to do this, you may need some interchange
software developed - for instance, if you have to do any "traditional
cartography", how will you proceed?  By converting your data to
shapefile and then using ArcView?  How will you maintain / update your
data?  Using QGIS, or will you have to buy say some kind of plugin
software component for Arc*** so that you can edit the PostGIS spatial
data?  You also may have raster applications which require some other
software.  Or, Someone Important might come along and tell you that you
have to use Oracle Spatial to meet organizational standards.

Is this the kind of answer you were after?

John Smith wrote:
> let me try this again:
> if i use postgis, is it true that i'll then have to worry about
> supporting only 1 database?? because all my data will then have to be
> stored in only 1 database since dblink isn't recommended.
> cheers, jzs
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C'est ma façon de parler.