Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Supports PostGIS 3.1

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostGIS major version 3.1. This new version of PostGIS is available on PostgreSQL versions 13.4, 12.8, 11.13, 10.18, and higher.

PostGIS allows you to store, query and analyze geospatial data within a PostgreSQL database. PostGIS 3.1 significantly improves performance such as spatial joins, which now run up to [N]X faster on PostgreSQL 13. As an example, you could use a spatial join to count the number of people living in an area defined by the reception of mobile phones from radio towers. PostGIS 3.1 is the new default version on PostgreSQL 10 and higher starting with the new minor versions. However, you can still create older versions of PostGIS in your PostgreSQL database, e.g., if you require version stability.

You can view a list of all PostgreSQL extensions supported by database version on Amazon Aurora on the AWS User Guide. For full feature parity list, head to our feature parity page, and to see all the regions that support Amazon Aurora head to our region page.

Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to three times better performance than the typical PostgreSQL database, together with increased scalability, durability, and security. For more information, please visit the Amazon Aurora product page. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our getting started page.

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