PostgreSQL is about to get really integrated into ArcGIS workflows in 2008. First off we have ArcGIS Server Enterprise (ArcSDE) which will support PostgreSQL (ESRI and PostGIS data types) and now we have zigGIS 2.0 which will support PostGIS/PostgreSQL without the need for the traditional “ArcSDE” connection.
First and foremost, the zigGIS codebase will remain open. Secondly, personal and educational use of zigGIS will remain free…
As for our corporate users - you will need to purchase licenses per seat. Licenses will fall somewhere below $300 each. We hope this keeps zigGIS affordable to those organizations that require heavy-duty GIS capabilities. (don’t forget that the use of PostGIS + zigGIS saves you from all ArcSDE licensing costs)
If you are in an enterprise environment, ArcGIS Server Enterprise probably makes a ton of sense (especially in the ESRI server stack), but in smaller offices and workgroups why pay for all that overhead you are not using?
7 responses so far ↓
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Cellulose
// Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Hmmm… after recently getting into PostGIS, I’m not nearly as impressed as I thought I’d be.
Where’s the geodesic support? All of the spatial functions seem to treat spatial data as cartesian… ugh.
I guess I’m still stuck with Oracle until Microsoft get’s their Spatial stuff finished.
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Bill
// Dec 19, 2007 at 6:59 pm
It’s at least under consideration but I don’t know if any specifics timelines have been attached to it.
http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2007/09/geodetic-data-in-postgis-spherical.html
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Cellulose
// Dec 20, 2007 at 9:04 am
They’re way-over-thinking the problem… There are much simpler ways to solve this problem with a 80% solution… they can work on tweaking that last 20% after they’ve got something working.
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Paul Ramsey
// Dec 20, 2007 at 11:52 am
Patches accepted Cellulose…
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Cellulose
// Dec 20, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Touche Paul. I had that one coming.
Once you port PostGIS to Java, I promise to submit those patches.
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J Wallis
// Dec 21, 2007 at 7:00 am
Actually, if you don’t want the overhead of ArcGIS Server Enterprise, you just get ArcGIS Server workgroup.
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Cellulose
// Dec 21, 2007 at 8:48 am
And does ArcGIS Server Workgroup (i.e. SQL Server) offer SQL spatial functions?
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