Does PostgreSQL implement Geospatial relationship queries?

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My company is looking at different database providers, and how they implement Geospatial queries to get distances from a Lat/Long for a number of records.

We are going to investigate PostgreSQL as a potential database platform.

I've heard that PostGRE implements Geospatial queries. Is this correct?
Is there a good reference somewhere that gives info on the implementation?

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 28 '13 at 17:53

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It's PostGIS. For reference you have manual, wiki and more...

edited Dec 28 '13 at 17:53

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answered Mar 24 '09 at 11:57

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '09 at 12:01

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If you want to spatially enable a PostgreSQL database you can do so with PostGIS, it's compliant with the Open Geospatial Consortium's Simple Features Interface Standard for SQL too.

answered Mar 24 '09 at 12:01

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Does PostgreSQL implement Geospatial relationship queries?

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