PostGIS + Rails + iOS

April 3rd, 2011

PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS “spatially enables” the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI’s SDE or Oracle’s Spatial extension.

I spent a few hours testing a PostGIS server setup. I’ve determined how to execute the stored-procedure queries against the PostGIS server from Rails.

Details to follow…

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