[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1085: PostGIS Quickstart review - remove command line description? (was: PostGIS Quickstart review - remove command line description)

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#1085: PostGIS Quickstart review - remove command line description?
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 Reporter:  camerons     |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive6.5             
Component:  LiveDVD      |    Keywords:  postgis, docs, 6.5       
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Comment(by hamish):

 With respect to the command line stuff in PostGIS (if you could call it
 that, it's not arcane bash tricks or anything, just simple one liners in
 the psql environ which any SQL-literate reader will be right at home with)
 -- any sort of spatial query or equation is going to be done at that
 level.

 pgadmin3 is a fine program, and a great way to visualize and explore how
 the DB is put together, but this isn't a tutorial on how to easily manage
 or tweak a DB -- it's a tutorial on how to do spatial analyses. pgadmin3
 is just the nice data explorer along side.

 If the command line is the best (i.e. most concise) or only place to
 perform some action then that is what should be presented.
 So I'm with Brian on this one, irrational fear of the command line [i.e.
 unknown] is something which should be actively and explicitly combated
 with the gentle introduction of (understandable) one liners. I'm not too
 worried about the order of the page where it doesn't harm the logical
 progression, but the content should remain where it is the best tool for
 the job.


 best,
 Hamish

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1085#comment:3>
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