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PostGIS vs BaseDash: What are the differences?
PostGIS: Open source spatial database. PostGIS is a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database. It adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to be run in SQL; BaseDash: Airtable for your product’s actual database. Airtable for your product’s actual database. Access your database with the ease of a spreadsheet. Use it to manage users, provide customer support, or export raw data for analysis.
PostGIS and BaseDash can be primarily classified as "Database" tools.
Some of the features offered by PostGIS are:
- Processing and analytic functions for both vector and raster data for splicing, dicing, morphing, reclassifying, and collecting/unioning with the power of SQL
- raster map algebra for fine-grained raster processing
- Spatial reprojection SQL callable functions for both vector and raster data
On the other hand, BaseDash provides the following key features:
- View and edit data in a beautiful interface
- Track the edit history of each record
- Write and share queries collaboratively
PostGIS is an open source tool with 753 GitHub stars and 268 GitHub forks. Here's a link to PostGIS's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of BaseDash
- Edit history1
- Powerful filtering1
- Great database support1
- Easy to use1
- Beautiful interface1
Pros of PostGIS
- De facto GIS in SQL25
- Good Documentation5