Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL for GPS Data

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Childs <peterachilds(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL for GPS Data
Date: 2009-04-21 19:38:49
Message-ID: 20090421193849.GE8123@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Scott Marlowe (scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Peter Childs <peterachilds(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hmm Interestingly OSM have just switched from MySQL to PostgreSQL.
>
> On the news blog page it mentioned switching to MonetDB. I saw
> nothing about pgsql there. Do they store it in pgsql for manipulation
> then export to MonetDB?

Err, why do I get the feeling that the date on the post wrt MonetDB and
cherokee might play some role?

Based on the wiki, they're using PG 8.3 now (as of April 2009, which
does seem rather recent) and it replaced MySQL.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Servers/smaug

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Servers/db

Thanks,

Stephen

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