David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> writes:
> I'm pretty clueless in regard to the PostGIS situation. Will it be
> integrated with PostgreSQL in the future?
No. Wrong license.
> What are the benefits of using
> the builtin geometry types (since they don't have R-tree indexes)?
Some of 'em do. By and large, though, they are more proof-of-concept
than industrial-strength code, IMHO. PostGIS is certainly a better bet
if it does what you want.
regards, tom lane