Postgis In Action

Regina Obe

• 01 mei 2011
• 9781935182269

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HIGHLIGHTThe first book about PostGIS, a lightweight, open source tool that addsgeographic support to the popular PostgreSQL database. PostGIS isused to develop location-based services.DESCRIPTIONFrom mobile phone usage to online shopping and every application inbetween, location is an incredibly important piece of data. PostGIS is ahigh-caliber, open source tool that allows developers to take locationinformation and make it actionable.PostGIS in Action will help both new and experienced database userssolve location-related problems. For those with experience in moretraditional relational databases, this book provides a background invector-based GIS so they can quickly move on to analyzing, viewing,and mapping data. This tutorial includes discussion and examples ofmany real-world uses.KEY POINTSF� The only book devoted entirely to PostGIS.F� Discusses real-world problems, not academic ones.F� Covers features of PostgreSQL 8.4.