Installation

GIS Enabled Database Part 2 – PostgreSQL

2016/06/02

This is the second in a series of posts that will look individually at a number of different database formats. I will discuss installing and basic configuration, as well as how to enable support of spatial data types in the database. This post will be on the open-source RDBMS, PostgreSQL. The first step is going …

Database GIS Installation Open Source

GIS Enabled Database Part 1 – MySQL

GetSpatial

2012/04/04

The first step in putting together an open source suite of GIS software is to install some sort of storage medium for your spatial data. There are many options out there, ranging from the ESRI personal geodatabase, which uses a Microsoft Access database, to a fully relational database management system like PostGreSQL with PostGIS. Each …

Database GIS Installation Open Source Software