http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/datatype-geometric.html
Have you looked at these yet? If not, you asked your question
prematurely and should have read the docs. If so, in what respect do
they not work for you?
On 3/15/07, Robin Ericsson <lobbin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/15/07, Webb Sprague <webb.sprague@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ... planning a simple coordinate system, where objects are described
> > > as x, y and z. Are there any contribs or extensions available that can
> > > help me with datatypes, calculation of length between two points, etc?
> >
> > google postgis. It is for geographic stuff, so maybe overkill, but
> > maybe not. There are are also geometry types native to Postgres that
> > you can find in the docs
>
> I was thinking about PostGIS, but it seemed overkill for my purpose.
> Therefore I asked in the first place :)
>
> --
> regards,
> Robin
>