[postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

[Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)]

As Roxanne noted, the solution may vary greatly depending on whether or not you want Read-Only or Read-Write.

One method I have used for read-only with QGis (and Arc*) is Mapserver providing WFS -- it may be that MapBox could also serve this?  AFAIR the Arc stations would check for updates, though conectivity would sometimes be finicky.

Just a little splash of random thoughts...

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Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

I'm not sure what portions / parts of your db are shared or vary on a
per seat basis, and this isn't my normal area of mucking... but I'll
throw some ideas out and let other people improve them :)

What if you set up a master database - perhaps AWS.  Set each
distributed seat to replicate down.  Updates are pushed to the master by
someone, and each distributed seat is auto-updated.

What won't work with a pure replicated server instance.. is local
changes, if you have them.... and so again - not my area of playing, but
what about two local databases?  One local for changes, and a second
that is pure replication.
That complicates your connection configuration and potentially your tool
interactions....

Otherwise, as I understand it, barman can create a backup of one
instance and restore the full working database to another site - so you
could create a shared barman replication service where individual seats
could recover a master DB when updates are required.

just some thoughts to stir the discussion.

Roxanne

On 3/6/2016 7:21 PM, Lee Hachadoorian wrote:
> I usually use PostGIS in a localhost or a LAN setting, where I or my
> workgroup can all be connected to the database all the time.
>
> I recently set up a QGIS project using SpatiaLite with Dropbox
> syncing, because project participants were at multiple worksites.
> However, rendering--particularly rendering of QueryLayers--is quite
> slow, and QGIS often crashes. Testing shows that QGIS is much more
> responsive with PostGIS as the back end, and although it's difficult
> to prove a negative, it seems that QGIS crashes don't happen (or at
> least clearly happen less often). So I would like to transition the
> project to PostGIS.
>
> I am asking for your recommendations or experiences with setting this
> up in a way that will be fairly easy to show users who are technically
> savvy but new to database management. Some details:
>
> 1. Small workgroup (5 or so).
> 2. Spatial layers are big releases from city government (parcels,
> streets, infrastructure) which are updated at most a couple of times a
> year, often less frequently. Each spatial layer is updated on a
> different schedule by different agencies.
> 3. Data releases are in shapefile (blecch!).
> 4. Users do meet in person with some regularity.
>
> As a suggestion, I am considering just having everyone set up
> localhost installs of PostGIS. When there is a new data release, one
> person could load and clean the data, then dump the table, copy the
> dump to Dropbox, and other users could load the new table in their
> localhost database.
>
> Obviously this solution is not scalable--more users or more frequent
> updates would make it quite tedious--but it may work for this use
> case. I am open to criticisms and suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> --Lee
>

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