PostGIS Cookbook

For web developers and software architects this book will provide a vital guide to the tools and capabilities available to PostGIS spatial databases. Packed with hands-on recipes and powerful concepts

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

Paid access

|Feb 2014

E-Book €32.99Institutions €122.95

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Book Description

An easy-to-use guide, full of hands-on recipes for manipulating spatial data in a PostGIS database. Each topic is explained and placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are more details of the concepts used. If you are a web developer or a software architect, especially in location-based companies, and want to expand the range of techniques you are using with PostGIS, then this book is for you. You should have some prior experience with PostgreSQL database and spatial concepts.

What you will learn

Import and export geographic data from the PostGIS database using the available tools
Structure spatial data using the functionality provided by the combination of PostgreSQL and PostGIS
Work with a set of PostGIS functions to perform basic and advanced vector analyses
Connect PostGIS with Python
Learn to use programming frameworks around PostGIS
Maintain, optimize, and finetune spatial data for longterm viability
Explore the 3D capabilities of PostGIS, including LiDAR point clouds and point clouds derived from Structure from Motion (SfM) techniques
Distribute 3D models through the Web using the X3D standard
Use PostGIS to develop powerful GIS web applications using Open Geospatial Consortium web standards
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PostGIS Cookbook

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