Archive for November, 2007

Getting to know PostGIS

Published by Jonah on November 6, 2007 in database, geospatial, gis, linux, software and ubuntu. 3 Comments

I am making the plunge to get more informed with how to use PostGIS. It is pretty impressive so far. Here is a quick tutorial which shows you how to get started and loading in a shapefile to play around with some fun SQL querying. I assume a basic understanding of the linux command line and some basic SQL skills.

To get started in ubuntu 7.04 (should work in 7.10 and debian too):

$ sudo apt-get install postgis postgresql-8.1-postgis

Next we’ll start setting up the PostGIS environment.
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A bundle of links…

Published by Jonah on November 6, 2007 in Uncategorized and links. 0 Comments

Some neat things found on the web recently:

  • Ponoko - Custom Laser cutting of Plexiglas and plywood.
  • Make your circuit boards in china for cheap
  • CouchDB simple database for content management systems.
  • Mabel’s Labels - Got kids? Need to label their stuff, these look neat.