[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2730: Support PostGIS GEOGRAPHY (not Geometry) types

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#2730: Support PostGIS GEOGRAPHY (not Geometry) types
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   Reporter:  nick                              |              Owner:  nobody      
       Type:  enhancement                       |             Status:  new         
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:              
  Component:  Build/Install                     |            Version:  HEAD        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:  1.4 unstable
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  No          
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 Tables with geography columns (new in PostGIS 1.5.x) are not detected when
 adding new PostGIS layer.  Geographies have been added for working in
 spherical (lat/lon) coords and respecting IDL and poles.

 Operators and functions are the same for geometry, albeit restricted for
 geography being new.  And schema definition is easier also with no
 AddGeometryColumn magic.

 Can't use quantum GIS on PostGIS geography database without this support.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2730>
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