Latest posts from Paul Ramsey
Crunchy Spatial: It's PostGIS, for the Web
The Crunchy Data geospatial team is excited to introduce Crunchy Spatial.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: ST_Transform() and Proj6
PostGIS makes use of the Proj library for coordinate reference system conversions, and PostGIS 3 will support the latest Proj release, version 6.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: GEOS 3.8
While PostGIS includes lots of algorithms and functionality we have built ourselves, it also adds geospatial smarts to PostgreSQL by linking in specialized libraries to handle particular problems.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: Parallelism in PostGIS
Improvements in PostgreSQL 12 allow PostGIS 3 to use built-in query parallelism to execute accelerated geospatial queries.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: ST_TileEnvelope(z,x,y)
The MVT tile format in PostGIS lets you generate tiles from PostgreSQL. The ST_TileEnvelope() function converts directly from tile to mercator coordinates.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: Separate Raster Extension
The raster functionality in PostGIS has been part of the main extension since it was introduced. When PostGIS 3 is released, if you want raster functionality you will need to install both the core postgis extension, and also the postgis_raster extension.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: ST_AsMVT Performance
Learn how PostGIS 3 improves performance of the ST_AsMVT function that generates map tiles used in web clients and mobile devices.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: Hilbert Geometry Sorting
PostGIS 3.0 introduces Hilbert Geometry sorting! Learn how this type of sorting works and how to use it in the upcoming PostGIS 3.0 release.
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Waiting for PostGIS 3: ST_AsGeoJSON(record)
PostGIS adds support for generating GeoJSON objects directly from database records with ST_AsGeoJSON.
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Serving Dynamic Vector Tiles from PostGIS
Guide to building up a tile server and map client from scratch with PostGIS and PostgreSQL.
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Quick and Dirty Address Matching with LibPostal
Learn how to do address normalization with PostgreSQL and PostGIS to provide a standard set of addresses for consistent searches over a data set.
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Upgrading PostGIS on Centos 7
How do you handle PostGIS and PostgreSQL updates? This guide provides step-by-step instructions for safely upgrading your PostGIS installations to the latest versions using the packages provided by the community.
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