Hi Jim, QGIS (which is what I assume you mean by "Quantum") allows you to create thematic maps using PostGIS layers. Go to the properties of a layer and muck with the legend type. Alternatively, you can load PostGIS layers into uDig (http://udig.refractions.net), and alter the style of a layer.
Dan On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 19:08 -0500, Doug Foster wrote: > I am new to PostGIS, and want a good Windows desktop mapping tool to > view and thematically map boundary data from my PostGIS database. I > have Quantum, which is a nice viewer, but it doesn’t seem to do > thematic mapping. I am a heavy MapInfo and Maptitude user, but they > don’t read PostGIS spatial boundaries. I wish they would. > > > > Is there a free/inexpensive tool to view and do some nice thematics? > I would also like to have the “natural break” routine, which I use by > default since it’s the beast way to break up the categories. > > > > I have been doing all my database work in SQL Server and then linking > from MapInfo and linking with equivalent boundary files (census block > groups and zip codes for all USA). That’s for the birds when I’m > running routines in SQL Server and want to view the results > graphically on an interactive basis. It’s very clumsy. So > PostgeSQL/PostGIS is a much better solution but I haven’t found a good > way to view the results spatially. > > > > Thanks….. > > > > Doug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users -- Dan Putler Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
