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French National Map Agency Chooses PostGIS

posted by Satri on Wednesday March 14, @09:20AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the France-do-like-open-source dept.
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The Programming Consultant Newsletter blog informs us France has elected PostGIS for their geospatial data infrastructure. From the blog: "After a thorough review of their options, IGN opted to go with PostGIS/PostgreSQL, noting that its performance was comparable to proprietary solutions (i.e. similar to Oracle) and the cost savings were significant. They also noted how much easier testing out PostGIS was versus the other systems, as PostGIS and PostgreSQL are free to download and use."

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