1) Use for: shared data storage, adding basic spatial functionality to websites, automating some spatial processes with scripting, and as a mapserver back-end. 2) Find useful over others: well-established, great documentation & active support community, easy entry 3) Why a book: there is good documentation online - very good. But the docs cannot cover enough SQL examples, integration with other tools, or highlight examples of a range of uses. I would buy the book if it had lots of good examples/samples and/or if I could hand it to a colleague and say "read this to get up to proficiency with PostGIS." I hope it can have both.
I think the Tyler book and the Kropla book really helped more people get into Mapserver (and open source gis) - different people learn different ways, and a book available through mainstream sources (Amazon, Borders) could really help. Mark P.S. Okay, I'll buy the book no matter what really - having seen all the helpful answers you've posted here. Let us know when the "pre-order forms are available. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Paragon Corporation <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1) How you use PostGIS? > 2) What you find useful about it over anything else? > 3) Why you think there should be any book written focused on its use and of > course if such a thing were to exist, would you buy it? > > > Thanks, > Regina > >
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