PDXPUG: PostGIS from what is postgresql database Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 37 min 44 sec
✓ Published: 28-Dec-2010

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PDXPUG Septemer 16, 2010nnLocation-based services are all the rage these days, and almost everyone has a latitude and longitude or two stashed away in a numeric column somewhere.But, there is so much more to it than just a point.Once relegated to government and academia, geographic information systems are becoming increasingly visible.With the PostGIS extension, PostgreSQL is a first-class geodatabase and an incredible platform for working with spatial data, but what is PostGIS and why wou