[postgis-users] PostGIS verse those in Azure Cloud

[Imre Samu]

> As compared with PostGIS spatial operations, what are the advantages and
disadvantages
> of various systems in Azure Cloud in terms of supporting further
development.

see:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/orbital/geospatial-reference-architecture

The Azure Cloud has many features related to GeoSpatial.
One small part of this is* "Azure Database for PostgreSQL* (+ PostGIS)."

However, migrating to Azure Cloud can mean different things.
If someone specifically means MS SQL Server, then it's not ideal for
PostGIS.   :-(

Regards,
 Imre



Shaozhong SHI <shishaozhong at gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2023. aug. 30.,
Sze, 14:31):

> I am trying to review the underlying geospatial capability of these
> systems as the geospatial capability maturity have been developed
> unevenly.  I am interested in the following:
>
> As compared with PostGIS spatial operations, what are the advantages and
> disadvantages of various systems in Azure Cloud in terms of supporting
> further development.
>
> In my mind and from my experience, PostGIS has a lot of useful underlying
> functions that support development of other applications.
>
> My initial glance of what other systems offer in the Azure, the potential
> for this is not great.
>
> I would like to find information on this and confirm or reject this
> understanding.
>
> Secondary programming/development relies on what the underlying
> functionality of a system provides.   Add-on development is based on the
> underlying technology offered.  From my experience, PostGIS offers a
> versatile range of functions and capability.  This is important to any
> other add-on development for forming robust and useful geospatial
> applications.
>
> Am I right?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 at 01:31, David Haynes <haynesd2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Suprio Ray and Ahmed Eldway are two researchers that do a lot of spatial
>> computation work on big data (Hadoop, Spark, and parallel computation
>> frameworks). In my opinion, PostGIS is a more robust tool for spatial
>> operations. However other tools and platforms can be very good for specific
>> spatial operations.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 12:40 PM Shaozhong SHI <shishaozhong at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Geospatial capability has varied maturity in different systems,
>>> particular of interest is those in Azure Cloud as compared to PostGIS.
>>>
>>> Is there any publication on this topic?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> David
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