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Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by anc84 on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:20AM (#15063114)
Benchmarks and proof on Oracle handling GIS data better than PostGIS please.
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by nimchimpsky on Monday August 21, 2017 @08:34AM (#15064071)
sql server does. We benchmarked it at work.

If you are that interested do your own tests.

Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by anc84 on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:08AM (#15064255)
Good for you but I did not ask for stranger's anecdotes. Everything I find online does not support your point so I cannot take your word for it.
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by nimchimpsky on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:56PM (#15069173)
I'm not asking you to take my word for it, I'm suggesting you test it yourself using your typical use case.
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by anc84 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @07:01AM (#15071212)
And I have neither the time nor the resources to do that comprehensively.
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by haskal on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:29PM (#15067088)
For a person who is relying on benchmarks, you should know that benchmarks are only a rough indication of how well anything performs for a very specific use case.

Your reply is arrogant and ignorant, and you should feel bad about typing that.

> If you are that interested do your own tests.

Why is he not allowed to review your results or check what factors you benchmarked it on? If there's no citation, that claim does not stand.

Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by nimchimpsky on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:52PM (#15069158)
lol
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by chillydawg on Monday August 21, 2017 @08:07AM (#15063923)
To be fair, Oracle is usually extremely good at most of the stuff it does. I've no idea about GIS specifically, but, generally, you get what you pay for.
Re:Postgres geography type is not limited to Earth by sangnoir on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:18PM (#15066026)
> I've no idea about GIS specifically, but, generally, you get what you pay for.

That's a fascinating/contrary, albeit nebulous thing to say in a thread about Postgres...