How do you do GIS queries on Heroku using the shared database?
问题 I have a table of geocoded locations with latitude and longitude. I'd like my database query to return a filtered list of them, ordered by distance from a fixed point. There are a few options which I've explored: Postgresql's earthdistance contrib is probably closest to my needs; however, I've found no indication that this is installed on heroku's db server. PostGIS is the most often prescribed solution for GIS, but heroku does not have it installed, and heroku support confirmed that they