I use PL/R (the R statistical language embedded in PostgreSQL) for performing some data inputs to thematic mapping functions, such as quantile distribution. A small library of scripts is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=168647&package_id= 258531 Robert W. Burgholzer Surface Water Modeler Office of Water Supply and Planning Virginia Department of Environmental Quality [EMAIL PROTECTED] 804-698-4405 Open Source Modeling Tools: http://sourceforge.net/projects/npsource/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Sommer Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:38 AM To: PostGIS Users Discussion Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Thematic mapping with PostGIS Hi Doug, As Desktop-Client for PostGIS - besides QGIS and UDIG - you can try: - OpenJUMP(http://www.openjump.org) with the SISDB-Plugin (for improved PostGIS-connections), thematic mapping (without the natural breaks routine) - Kosmo (http://saig.es/en/index.php) , thematic mapping (without the natural breaks routine) - gvSIG (http://www.gvsig.gva.es), thematic mapping with support of natural breaks (the support for postgis-geometry-types is constrained => editing postgis-tables can be annoying) - Spatial Commander (http://www.gdv.com/down/scommander.php) NON-OSS, !only in GERMAN!, thematic mapping with support of natural breaks (editing with postgis-tables can also be difficult) - Thuban (http://thuban.intevation.org), thematic mapping without natural breaks, but other possibilities regards, Johannes Dan Putler schrieb: > 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 >> _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
