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Re: Time to update list of contributors


  • From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
  • To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
  • Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
  • Subject: Re: Time to update list of contributors
  • Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:28:20 +0100
  • Message-id: <20071130112820(dot)GC21642(at)svr2(dot)hagander(dot)net>

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 04:29:41PM +0000, Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> 
> > Don't need postgis columns to do that. Just store the coordinates in float
> > columns. Google does all the GIS stuff on them.
> 
> Sure, you don't need the xml support to generate an text document with xml tax
> in it either. But it isn't as interesting that way.

THe difference is that (at least in 8.3) you don't need an addon product to
remember to upgrade and such for the xml stuff, but you do for postgis..

//mha



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