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

[Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov]

Regina,

1) How you use PostGIS?
Storage and analysis of fisheries and endangered species data.

2) What you find useful about it over anything else?
Fast, Standards Compliant, straightforward

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?

There is a lot of SQL and Spatial SQL that I don't know yet.  Having good
examples of the best way to configure/apply postgresql/postgis would also
help.

How soon can I buy it?

Doug


Doug Newcomb
USFWS
Raleigh, NC
919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
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Leo and I have a good portion of a PostGIS book written.  Ideally we would
like to get a publisher to publish it, but seem to be running into the same
obstacles.  No publisher seems to think people use PostGIS to warrant
enough
demand for a book dedicated to it.

So to make a decent case for a book, can each of you in your own words
describe

1) How you use PostGIS?
2) What you find useful about it over anything else?
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?

Of course I'll also need some official download stats etc. which hopefully
the Refractions group can help out with.  I think Mark Cave-Ayland had
posted some stats a while back, but can't find them.

Thanks,
Regina


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