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PostGIS vs earthdistance
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What are the pros and cons of using earthdistance instead of PostGIS?
I understand eathdistance uses spherical calculations, so the error compared with PostGIS can be up to 0.3% according to this answer, but how much faster can it be? Database size? Or other benefits or other issues?
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What are the pros and cons of using earthdistance instead of PostGIS?
I understand eathdistance uses spherical calculations, so the error compared with PostGIS can be up to 0.3% according to this answer, but how much faster can it be? Database size? Or other benefits or other issues?
postgis postgresql spherical-geometry
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What are the pros and cons of using earthdistance instead of PostGIS?
I understand eathdistance uses spherical calculations, so the error compared with PostGIS can be up to 0.3% according to this answer, but how much faster can it be? Database size? Or other benefits or other issues?
postgis postgresql spherical-geometry
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I understand eathdistance uses spherical calculations, so the error compared with PostGIS can be up to 0.3% according to this answer, but how much faster can it be? Database size? Or other benefits or other issues?
postgis postgresql spherical-geometry
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