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Researching PostGIS slowness (2019 edition)

February 27, 2020/2 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Alvaro's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Álvaro Herrera

Just as last year was ending, one of our long-time customers came to us because one of their long-existing PostgreSQL queries involving PostGIS geometry calculations was much slower for specific values. We researched the problem and found out how to solve it; read on! What we found as the cause of the problem will surprise […]

Conference isn’t enough?! Join us for post-conference training!

June 16, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, International News /by Britt Cole

Did you know – 2ndQuadrant has the largest single, collection of PostgreSQL experts of any company globally?! With a team of some of the best known developers, they all still actively contribute to the progressive development of PostgreSQL. Would you like to have access to some of the most knowledgeable and experienced people available? The […]

5432…MeetUs! Conference Gives Opportunities for Meaningful Takeaways

June 13, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Britt's PlanetPostgreSQL, International News /by Britt Cole

If you are eager to learn new competencies or advance your skills in PostgreSQL and other Open Source programs, platforms, and languages, you should join us at the 5432…MeetUs! conference! Between the workshop track offered during the conference and the optional trainings offered in the two days following the conference, it looks like there will be something […]

Second Edition of 5432…MeetUs!

June 9, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Britt's PlanetPostgreSQL, International News /by Britt Cole

The second edition of the 5432…MeetUs! conference is sure to be one to remember. They will be hosting PostgreSQL experts, users, and contributors from all over the world. With talks, workshops, and trainings – we are sure to stay busy every minute! With speakers like Zalando’s Valentine Gogichasvili and IBM’s Andrea Vercellini, it will be […]

BRIN for PostGIS: my story at the Code Sprint 2016 in Paris

March 2, 2016/0 Comments/in Giuseppe's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

Last week I was pleased to attend Code Sprint 2016 in Paris, organised by the OSGeo Foundation: it has been an opportunity for many GIS users from all over the world to get together, discuss and actively work on many open tasks of some of the major open source frameworks on GIS. PostGIS was obviously […]

Installing PostGIS on Greenplum Single Node Edition

July 13, 2010/3 Comments/in Greenplum /by Gabriele Bartolini

One of the main reasons users switch from other relational databases to PostgreSQL is the advanced support for geographic objects included in the PostGIS extension. Being PostgreSQL specialists at 2ndQuadrant, we have tried to investigate if it was possible (and how) to install PostGIS on the Greenplum Single Node edition. Let’s see how Marco Nenciarini, […]

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Researching PostGIS slowness (2019 edition)

Conference isn’t enough?! Join us for post-conference training!

5432…MeetUs! Conference Gives Opportunities for Meaningful Takeaways

Second Edition of 5432…MeetUs!

BRIN for PostGIS: my story at the Code Sprint 2016 in Paris

Installing PostGIS on Greenplum Single Node Edition

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