You're reading from Python Geospatial Development - Second Edition If you're experienced in Python here's an opportunity to get deep into Geospatial development, linking data to global locations. No prior knowledge required ‚Äì this book takes you through it all, step by step.

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782161523

Length 508 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

PostGIS

Concepts

Geospatial Analysis

Author (1):

Erik Westra

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Geospatial Development Using Python

2. GIS FREE CHAPTER

3. Python Libraries for Geospatial Development

4. Sources of Geospatial Data

5. Working with Geospatial Data in Python

6. GIS in the Database

7. Working with Spatial Data

8. Using Python and Mapnik to Generate Maps

9. Putting It All Together – a Complete Mapping System

10. ShapeEditor – Implementing List View, Import, and Export

11. ShapeEditor – Selecting and Editing Features

Index

Chapter 6. GIS in the Database

This chapter examines the various open source options for storing geospatial data in a database. More specifically, we will cover:

The concept of a spatially-enabled database
Spatial indexes and how they work
A summary of the major open-source spatial databases
Recommended best practices for storing spatial data in a database
Working with geospatial databases using Python

This chapter is intended to be an introduction to using databases in a geospatial application; Chapter 7, Working with Spatial Data, will build on this to perform powerful spatial queries that are not possible using shapefiles and other geospatial data files.

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You're reading from Python Geospatial Development - Second Edition If you're experienced in Python here's an opportunity to get deep into Geospatial development, linking data to global locations. No prior knowledge required ‚Äì this book takes you through it all, step by step.

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Chapter 6. GIS in the Database

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