[postgis-users] Why PostGIS ST_Intersection much slower than ArcGIS Intersect ?

[Jeff Lake]

Must have something to do with windows and or memory ..
I use ST_Intersects daily on a Linux Server (PostGIS 2.0, PG 9.1.6) with 
a quad core Xeon and 16gb memory
it takes milliseconds on much larger layers ..

*Jeff Lake*
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On 11/28/2012 16:22, Étienne Desgagné wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>     I don't want to denigrate PostGIS in any way and I know that my 
> comparison may be wrong but I'm trying to understand why a basic 
> ST_Intersection of two relatively small layers (< 1000 polygons) take 
> about 1m40 sec in PostGIS(2.0 on PG 9.2 on Windows) while applying the 
> ArcGIS Intersect on same layers and machine take about 2 sec?
>
> I'm aware of some PostgreSQL tuning settings but even applying basic 
> tuning recommendation for PostGIS I'm facing the same problem...
>
> My two layers also have a spatial index.
>
>
> Is it normal behavior? Any suggestion for reaching better performance?
>
> Note that I'm also using ST_Intersects on the join to filter only 
> intersecting features...
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Etienne
>
>
>
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