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PostGIS in action

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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.

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Product Details
Manning Publications
1935182269 / 9781935182269
Paperback
05/05/2011
United States
English
425 p.
24 cm
Professional & Vocational Learn More