[postgis-users] The Old Who is using PostGIS survey again?

[Stefan Keller]

1) How you use PostGIS?

We use it in our university courses (bachelor degree) about databases
and we are giving courses about it (next one in January, see
http://gis.hsr.ch/wiki/Agenda).

2) What you find useful about it over anything else?

* It's more compatible to SQL than others in the same leagues (say
ORACLE and MySQL).
* It's made for production and professional environments
* Users (and students) can install it without license troubles

3) Why you think there should be any book written focused on its use and of
course if such a thing were to exist, would you buy it?

A book like this shows the relevance of a product in the market and an
academic institution we buy "any" relevant book we can get hold of :->

Yours,
Stefan
http://www.gis.hsr.ch/wiki/PostGIS

2008/12/31 Gregory Williamson <Gregory.Williamson at digitalglobe.com>:
> Jay Cummins wrote:
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> <...>
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>> > 2) What you find useful about it over anything else?
>> It's cheaper than therapy and it doesn't impair my ability to drive
>> afterwards.
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> SBOBNL* !
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