Does PostgreSQL implement Geospatial relationship queries?

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My company is looking at different database providers, and how they implement Geospatial queries to get distances from a Lat/Long for a number of records.

We are going to investigate PostgreSQL as a potential database platform.

I've heard that PostGRE implements Geospatial queries. Is this correct?
Is there a good reference somewhere that gives info on the implementation?

Jim · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-28 17:53:56Z

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It's PostGIS. For reference you have manual, wiki and more...

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ninesided · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-24 12:01:44Z

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If you want to spatially enable a PostgreSQL database you can do so with PostGIS, it's compliant with the Open Geospatial Consortium's Simple Features Interface Standard for SQL too.

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