PostGIS in Action Third Edition Video Edition. In this video course, you will be introduced to one of the most powerful Postgres database extensions, PostGIS. This course takes a practical, step-by-step approach to help you perform complex spatial queries on your spatial data and use it to build a variety of spatial applications. This course is the video version of the third edition of the best-selling book PostGIS in Action. In this course, you can view the text, diagrams, sample code, and images while watching the videos. This learning method gives you a deeper understanding of the concepts.
What you will learn:
- Introduction to Spatial Databases: You will learn the basic concepts of spatial databases.
- Spatial Data Types: You will explore different types of spatial data, such as vector, raster, and topology, and learn how to work with functions and queries related to each.
- Real-World Applications of PostGIS: You will learn how to solve real-world problems using PostGIS.
- Developing Web and Desktop Applications with PostGIS: You will learn how to extend PostGIS to your web and desktop applications.
- Querying Foreign Data: You will learn how to query foreign data using PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrappers.
- Query Optimization: You will learn different ways to optimize queries to increase speed.
- Simplifying geometries: You will learn techniques for simplifying geometries to increase efficiency.
This course is suitable for people who:
- They are familiar with relational databases and the SQL language.
- They are looking to learn the concepts of spatial databases and PostGIS.
- They want to develop their spatial applications using PostGIS.
- They do not require prior knowledge of spatial data or geographic information systems.
