is ther something free(evaluation,beta..) spatial DBMS?

hi
i know oracle-spatial and db2(spatial)
but i want to know
"is ther something free(evaluation,beta..) spatial DBMS?"
* spatial DBMS : can handle geometry data type (point,line,polygon...)
and spatial function (contain,cross,touch..)
thanks
JinOn Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:49:45 +0900, "ice" <yjwon@.geomania.com> wrote:
>hi
>i know oracle-spatial and db2(spatial)
>but i want to know
>"is ther something free(evaluation,beta..) spatial DBMS?"
>* spatial DBMS : can handle geometry data type (point,line,polygon...)
> and spatial function (contain,cross,touch..)
>thanks
>Jin
>
>
>
Try PostGIS
Paul|||yes, try postGIS (www.refractions.net), which can be used with postgresql.
These are both open source.
best of luck
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"Paul Cooper" <paul.cooper@.Nobasspam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:49:45 +0900, "ice" <yjwon@.geomania.com> wrote:
:
: >hi
: >
: >i know oracle-spatial and db2(spatial)
: >
: >but i want to know
: >
: >"is ther something free(evaluation,beta..) spatial DBMS?"
: >
: >* spatial DBMS : can handle geometry data type (point,line,polygon...)
: > and spatial function (contain,cross,touch..)
: >
: >thanks
: >
: >Jin
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
:
: Try PostGIS
:
: Paul|||There's some spatial capability that is relatively new in MySQL. I'm not
sure if all this is implemented yet, see
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Spatial_extensions_in_MySQL.html
I'd be interested in comments from people who have worked with this.
-Ken
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