Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Praise for the First Edition of PostGIS in Action
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
1. Introduction to PostGIS
Chapter 1. What is a spatial database?
1.1. Thinking spatially
1.2. Introducing PostGIS
1.2.1. Why PostGIS
1.2.2. Alternatives to PostGIS
1.2.3. Installing PostGIS
1.3. Spatial data types
1.3.1. Geometry type
1.3.2. Geography type
1.3.3. Raster type
1.3.4. Topology type
1.4. Hello real world
1.4.1. Digesting the problem
1.4.2. Modeling
1.4.3. Loading data
1.4.4. Writing the query
1.4.5. Viewing spatial data with OpenJump
1.5. Summary
Chapter 2. Spatial data types
2.1. Type modifiers
2.1.1. Subtype type modifiers
2.1.2. Spatial reference identifier
2.2. Geometry
2.2.1. Points
2.2.2. Linestrings