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There are some things that are uniquely beneficial for Postgres beyond the data storage - the main one I'm excited about is using PostGIS inside the browswer.
by kiwicopple 4y ago
There are some things that are uniquely beneficial for Postgres beyond the data storage - the main one I'm excited about is using PostGIS inside the browswer.
OSM + PostGIS in the browser has the potential to do for Maps, what Figma's WASM approach did for design.
- bobmaxup 4y ago> OSM + PostGIS in the browser has the potential to do for Maps, what Figma's WASM approach did for design. Can you elaborate on this analogy?
- dahfizz 4y agoBut why is it relevant that PostGIS runs inside the browser?
- kiwicopple 4y agoIt's only relevant in that it "extends" the browser with a set of capabilities that it doesn't already have. You could also run everything via hosted database, but there may be situations where that is less-optimal than downloading the dataset once and leveraging the "offline compute" of a browser tab (for example, applications like ArcGIS Online)