Table of Contents

 

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