PACKT POSTGIS COOKBOOK 2014 RETAIL

TITLE: POSTGIS COOKBOOK
PUBLISHER: PACKT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/wS3Ul9 RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2014.06.09
ISBN: 9781849518666 STORE DATE: 2014
SAVED.MONEY: 22 EURO DISKCOUNT: 04 x 05MB
AUTHOR: PAOLO CORTI, STEPHEN VINCENT MATHER, THOMAS
J KRAFT, BBORIE PARK

BOOK

PostGIS is a spatial database that integrates advanced storage
and analysis of vector and raster data, and is remarkably
flexible and powerful. PostGIS provides support for geographic
objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database and is
currently the most popular open source spatial databases. If you
want to explore the complete range of PostGIS techniques and
expose the related extensions, this book is a must-have

This book is a deep-dive into the full range of PostGIS topics
with practical applications of the concepts and code. It is a
comprehensive guide on PostGIS tools and concepts which are
required to manage, manipulate, and analyse spatial data in
PostGIS. This book is packed with systematic instructions of
hands-on examples and in-depth explanations. Even for experienced
users, this book will serve as a great source of reference by
providing new ways of working with PostGIS through the book's
easy-to-follow approach

This hands-on guide looks at key spatial data manipulation tasks
explaining not only how each task is performed, but also why. It
provides practical guidance allowing you to safely take advantage
of the advanced technology in PostGIS in order to simplify your
spatial database administration tasks

This practical book will help you take advantage of basic and
advanced vector, raster, and routing approaches. You will learn
to use the concepts of data maintenance, optimization, and
performance, which will help you to integrate these into a large
ecosystem of desktop and web tools

With this comprehensive guide, you will be armed with all the
tools and instructions you need to both manage the spatial
database system and make better decisions as your project's
requirements evolve