[postgis-users] Who is Using PostGIS? For What?

[Jessica M Salmon]

>     Who are you?
>From the top, down: We are the United States Department of Agriculture,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Fire
Chemistry Project, Remote Sensing Lab.


>     What are you using PostGIS for?
We have a MODIS (satellite) Direct Broadcast receiving station here. It
monitors active fires in near-real time across the Western U.S., Canada,
and Mexico. We use a postgis database to store active fire (thermal
anomaly) detections and burnscar (charred veg) detections, and filter and
combine them into progressing fire perimeters.

Additionally, we have another postgis database as a geospatial datastore
and backend for portraying atmospheric chemistry data.
http://smoke-fire.us:8080/geoserver/data/quickWMS/alex_devel.jsp


>     Why did you choose PostGIS?
It's fun and affordable! Linux-friendly, highly configurable and flexible,
many programming options available.


>     What makes you happy about your PostGIS installation?
It works every day as expected.


>     What makes you unhappy about your PostGIS installation?
Hm. Not a whole lot, to be honest.


                                                                           
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It is that time of year again (conference time) so I am going to ask my
annual question(s):

     Who are you?
     What are you using PostGIS for?
     Why did you choose PostGIS?
     What makes you happy about your PostGIS installation?
     What makes you unhappy about your PostGIS installation?

Those who want to remain in confidence, but still want to make their
feelings known, please respond to me directly.

I am going to be writing up a handful of PostGIS users into full
white-papers for the web site and my own conference talks, so please, if
you think you have a compelling PostGIS story, start by giving us a
summary here on the list!

I love hearing these stories!

Paul
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