
PostGIS alternatives
PostGIS is a simple and open-source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL released under the GNU General Public License that allows you to run location queries in SQL. It comes packed with many features like basic location awareness and many more that are not offered by prominent databases like SQL Server and Oracle Locator/Spatial. One of the major highlights is that it is capable of rendering raster data in several standard formats like NetCDF, GeoTIFF, JPG, PNG through SQL.
It provides a packaged command line to help you import raster data in various formats, including JPG, GeoTiff, PNG, and NetCDF. In addition to these characteristics, PostGIS supports processing and analytic functions for raster as well as vector data for reclassifying, splicing, morphing, dicing, and joining/gathering thanks to the power of SQL.


















