Hello,
Probably the simplest way is to use built-in point type and GiST index
over box(point, point). You will be able to make flat geometrical
calculations (e.g. distance with <-> operator) and retrieve data in
the box given with index support.
Regards,
Ivan
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM, ma
pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] storing latitude and longitude
Hi Mark,
Look at Postgis, to do this properly. It adds full OGC spec support for
managing spatial/querying spatial data within a Postgres database.
It is an option included with the Windows Postgres installer,
Hi Mark,
Look at Postgis, to do this properly. It adds full OGC spec support for
managing spatial/querying spatial data within a Postgres database.
It is an option included with the Windows Postgres installer, but is generally
extra packages under Linux.
Cheers,
Brent Wood
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Sorry I'm not of much help but...
did you check the data types page?
http://postgresql.mirrors-r-us.net/docs/8.2/interactive/datatype-geometric.html
http://postgresql.mirrors-r-us.net/docs/8.2/interactive/datatype-numeric.html
That mainly depends on how many digits you need to store, if that's no
