The PostGIS development team is pleased to announce the release of PostGIS 2.3.0.
This is the first version to utilize the parallel support functionality introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6.
As such, if you are using PostgreSQL 9.6, we strongly encourage you to use this version.
Parallel support will make many queries using PostGIS relationship operators and functions faster.
In order to take advantage of parallel query support, make sure to set max_parallel_workers_per_gather to something greater than 0
as noted in max_parallel_workers_per_gather PostgreSQL runtime configs
Best served with [PostgreSQL 9.6+] which is due out this week and pgRouting 2.3.0
which also just got released.
Packages from maintainers will be out in the coming days and weeks.
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We use PostGIS and PostgreSQL, among other open-source tools to build powerful web applications
for US government organizations, public, and private sector companies.
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PostGIS makes the spatial operations at the heart of Plenario possible.
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- business/location inteligence - helping companies to make decisions based on data, not on feelings
- farming - simplifying agenda and everyday work
- road infrastructure administration - settlement of land property rights, treaty evidence, speeding up the whole administrative process
- assets administration - treaty management, land purchases
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