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Spatial Database for Postgres and ArcGis users: how to choose

Posted: June 06, 2008
Categories: GeoServer, GIS, ArcIMS, QGIS, FeatureServer, uDig, ArcObjects, PostGIS, gvSIG, ArcGis Desktop, ZigGis, ArcSde
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As many of you can have already read, ArcSDE for Postgres is coming out at ArcGIS 9.3 (it is currently in the release candidate state). It will let you store geometries in two formats, Esri geometry and PostGIS geometry, in the same fashion ArcSde for Oracle is letting Esri or Oracle geometries be stored. I have seen some interest in the GIS community about this new, and i was reading interesting posts by Bill Dollins, Paul Ramsey, James Fee and Dave Bouwman, so I thought i would post here my opinion. Plus, as some of you may already know, zigGis...
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