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PostGIS essentials : learn how to build powerful spatial database solutions with PostGIS quickly and efficiently /
This book is a quick guide for anyone who wants to get started with PostGIS and develop their very own GIS projects quickly.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham :
Packt Publishing,
©2015.
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| Colección: | Community experience distilled.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing PostGIS and Setting Up; What is PostGIS?; Why PostGIS?; Installing PostgreSQL; Installing PostGIS; Installing QGIS; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Your First Spatial Database; The development of spatial databases; Creating our first database using a command line; Creating our first spatial data table using a command line; Creating a spatial database using GUI; Creating a spatial data table using GUI; Creating a spatial data table using a SQL script; Summary.
- Chapter 3: Inserting GIS ObjectsDeveloping insertion queries with GIS objects; What is a spatial reference system?; Including SRS information in our spatial tables; Getting data from external sources; Summary; Chapter 4: Selecting and Filtering GIS Queries; Grouping data; Nonspatial queries; Spatial functions; The ST_Distance functions (geometry, geometry); The ST_DWithin function (geometry, geometry, float); The ST_Length function; The ST_Intersects function (geometry, geometry); The ST_Within function (geometry A, geometry B); Queries that use data from two databases.
- The Postgres_FWD moduleDeveloping spatial queries with our own data; Summary; Chapter 5: Displaying GIS Data Graphically; Introducing QGIS; The QGIS application; Hands-on with QGIS; Developing a spatial query from QGIS; Summary; Chapter 6: Management of Vectorial and Raster Data with PostGIS; The GDAL/OGR library; Working with GDAL/OGR commands; Working with raster files; Inserting raster data into our database; Graphically displaying raster data saved in our database; Summary; Chapter 7: Performance Tuning; Spatial indexes in PostGIS; Tuning spatial queries.
- Tuning PostgreSQLś configuration file for our spatial databaseSummary; Chapter 8: Developing a GIS Web Application; Developing a web application; Installing the web server; Installing a PHP module; Installing Leaflet; Implementing the web application; Summary; Chapter 9: Developing a Desktop GIS Application; What is World Wind?; How does World Wind work?; Previous requirements; Installing World Wind; Setting up the development environment; Installing Eclipse; Configuring the development environment; Coding our first application; Getting the PostgreSQL-Java binding.
- Developing a management applicationSummary; Index.