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Inconsistent results from spatial databases

I'm trying to write something agnostic to whichever database vendor is chosen between MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. However, I see inconsistent results in functions that return measures. ...
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ST_GEOMFROMTEXT generated by ora2pg fails

I have a set of polygons inside a oracle table which represent circles. I am tryining to import these into postgres 12 using ora2pg. An insert statement is created that translates the polygon to ...
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Best and Fastest way to extract Polygon attributes of a Point [closed]

This is a comparative question, I don't know whether it is allowed to ask this type of Question here or not. Problem: I have a shapefile of almost 1 million polygons with 20-25 attribute fields. I ...
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Seeking common interface for ST_Geometry SDO_Geomtry

I've worked a fair bit with Oracle Spatial and I've had some requests to transition to PostgreSQL Spatial. Is there a common interface for SDO_Geometry and ST_Geometry? I'm working in Java with ...
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ora2pg SDO_Geometry to st_geometry

I am trying to migrate my database (Oracle) to postgres using ora2pg (v.23.1). Unfortunately the script converts our SDO_Geometry datatype into shape geometry(GEOMETRY,32632) instead of shape ...
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ArcGIS Server Featurelayer: Error on adding features via JavaScript API after switch from Oracle db to PostGIS

We have a webapp which consumes services published on ArcGIS Server. All database relevant operations are done with ESRI ArcGIS abilities. We now switched from Oracle 11g to PostgreSQL 9.4 with ...
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ogr2ogr: encoding issues when importing from Oracle Spatial to PostGIS

I'm trying to import some spatial tables from Oracle Spatial to PostGIS using ogr2ogr, but I can't figure out why the special characters on the attribute tables get messed up while I'm doing it. My ...
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SDO_JOIN conversion to PostGIS

I make refactoring from Oracle to PostGIS and I found out that PostGIS doesn't support sdo_join. How should I correct the statement below? SELECT e.ID AS EDGE1_ID, u.NODE_ID AS ...
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Reproject vector layer in oracle or PostGIS without export!

I have some vector layers in Oracle and PostGIS, point, line and polygon, and i want to reproject those layer in a different projection but i don't want to export the projected layer, i want to do it ...
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Converting oracle geometry to PostGIS with 3d data (wkt?) [closed]

I am converting Oracle spatial database to postgis. Most of of the spatial data is 2.5d. Meaning we have a Z-coordinate which indicates the depth/height of the element compared to soil level. Getting ...
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Transferring data from PostGIS to Oracle Spatial

I would like transfer spatial data from PostGIS to Oracle Spatial. I want to use Python's modules psycopg2 and cx_oracle. Transfer Oracle > PostGIS is OK, but in opposite version I have problem with a ...
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Transfer indexed Oracle geoloc table to PostgreSQL using ogr2ogr

I am copying tables using ogr2ogr from Oracle to PostGIS using ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" PG:"host=<host> port=5432 user=<user> dbname=<dbname> password=<pwd>" OCI:<USERNAME&...
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Oracle to PostgreSQL migration with ogr2ogr only imports first geoloc column

I transfer Oracle tables to PostGIS using Oracle Wallet and ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" PG:"host=<host> port=5432 user=<user> dbname=<dbname> password=<pwd>" OCI:<USERNAME>...
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how to configuring geomajas wih oracle spatial db?

I have just done intial setup of the geomajas project and trying to config its data source with oracle database. I am following the given example for sqlserver and POSTGIS. My oracle layerroad xml ...
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PostGis vs Oracle Spatial 11g performance

I am having a performance issue updating a table in Oracle Spatial 11G while converting 63,000,000 points to WKT format. I also made a comparison with Postgres. Both Postgres and Oracle run in two ...
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How to find closest line of polygon [closed]

I have polygon layers on my ArcGIS Server and Geoserver. I need to find the closest line length of the polygon. For example p(x1,x1) will get the L2 length and p(x2,y2) will get the L4 length. Can I ...
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Database standards for storing and analysing raster

Vector data stored in a database is covered by OGC's Simple Features and WKT. Databases indeed implement these standards. Some databases such as Oracle, PostGIS extend their support to rasters. Is ...
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request postgis to oracle sdo

My request in postgis : create table "schema1"."table1" as select p.field1 ,p.field2, l.field3, l.id from "schema1"."table2" p inner join "schema1"."table3" l on (p."GEOM" && l."GEOM" and ...
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When should you NOT use a spatial index?

I am asking this because I was mainly working with Oracle but for the past year I've been doubling with PostGIS and SQLServer 2008. Most spatial functions in Oracle won't work without a spatial index ...
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Does Oracle Spatial calculate geodetic distance?

I've got to migrate a PostGIS database to Oracle Spatial, and am stuck on a problem: In a view, I have a column that amounts to ST_Distance(geography(geom_1), geography(geom_2)), effectively ...
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Future of spatial databases?

It may be a bit off-topic. I am eager to know the industry specific importance of Spatial Databases. Is Spatial Database a very important part of any GIS system? Or will we use other technologies to ...
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Load PostGIS or Oracle Spatial Raster Layer using PyQGIS

How do we load Rasters stored in PostgreSQL-PostGIS or Oracle Spatial 11g into QGIS using PyQGIS? I am able to load vector layers from Oracle 11g with below code. What changes are necessary to add ...
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Buffer multiple roads to find points within and compare?

What I am trying to do is buffer a main st and a side street and get all of the points that intersect that buffer, however they need to be mutually exclusive. In the example below, my results would ...
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Does ora2pg support the SDO_GEOMETRY spatial type?

I've been searching the net up and down for days now and can't find a definite answer to this question, neither on google nor on the official page (http://ora2pg.darold.net/). Does ora2pg support ...
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Migrating from PostGIS to Oracle Spatial

We are now using a solution based on PostGIS extension of Postgresql database for various spatial queries. But we are now thinking about data security. This is why we have a plan to migrate existing ...
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Does Oracle MapViewer support PostGIS?

I use Oracle MapViewer to generate my mapping data and currently I'm using an Oracle database as my spatial back-end. I would like to move my data over the PostGIS but I can't find any references if ...
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Making calls the PostGIS functions with Java

We have Java stored procedure in Oracle that make calls to functions offered by Oracle Spatial to perform spatial analysis and return results. I am looking to the same in PostGIS, is this possible?