postgis/postgis

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PostGIS is a spatial extension for PostgreSQL that adds storage, indexing, and querying of geospatial vector and raster data. It provides hundreds of spatial SQL functions for geometry processing, measurement, reprojection, and geocoding.

Use cases

• store and query points, lines, and polygons in postgres
• find all locations within a radius of a point
• calculate distances and areas between geometries
• reproject coordinates between spatial reference systems
• import openstreetmap data for spatial analysis
• geocode and reverse geocode addresses in sql
• serve spatial data to qgis or geoserver

When to choose

• you need spatial queries and indexes on top of an existing postgresql database
• you want a mature, standards-compliant open-source gis database engine
• your stack already uses postgresql and you want to avoid a separate spatial database

When to avoid

• you need a lightweight embedded spatial database without running postgres
• your project has no geospatial data or queries
• you require a managed database service that does not offer the postgis extension

Facets

library · maturity stable

database geospatial search-engine data-science databases windows self-hosted cloud postgresql-extension spatial-sql gis spatial-indexing raster geocoding openstreetmap geospatial maps linux macos docker

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