Right.. using REST calls is the way to do that. You'll basically need to do any complex geo queries/functions in PostGIS and then return vectors of lon/lat points which you then display with the MapKit apis.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Charles Galpin <cgal...@lhsw.com> wrote: > Hi Ahmad > > You won't connect to the database directly. Depending on what the data is > you can use a variety of methods. Simple REST style calls to a web server > which runs code to query the database and return the data could be > sufficient, but for anything more complex I suggest using a WMS server like > geoserver or mapserver. > > If you want your app to run on multiple platforms consider doing it in > html 5. > > hth > charles > > On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:18 AM, Ahmad Aburizaiza wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am trying to build an iPhone app with a Google Map to display data > stored on a remote PostGIS database. Anyone had such an experience. I need > to know how to connect to the database so I can query the data. > > Thanx in advance > * > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ahmad Aburizaiza > PhD student at George Mason University > Geography and Geoinformation Science Department > Fairfax, VA, USA > Tel : +1-703-981-0354* > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > >
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