Introduction to PostGIS
Dates & Duration
The course can be booked as a stand-alone course or as an extension of any of our PostgreSQL courses.
This training can also be held at your location, or as online training specifically tailored for your company. In that case, the course agenda can also be adapted to best suit your needs.
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This course is held online and takes 2 days with 4 hours each.
Summary
This course provides an introduction to PostGIS and its most important features and capabilities. From spatial data types to spatial joins, the training will cover all topics concerning quickstart spatial data management and analysis within PostgreSQL. Along with gaining theoretical knowledge, participants will work with real-world datasets to deepen and reinforce their practical skills.
Basic experience with PostgreSQL is required.
Available Languages
This course can be held in English or German.
Theoretical part
Introduction
- Setup and maintenance of PostGIS
- Tooling (Import, Export, ETL)
- Storage and management of spatial data
Spatial data types and indices
- Spatial data types
- Geometry
- Geography
- Spatial index
- GIST
- SP-GIST
- BRIN
Spatial functions
- Core functions
- Output
- Construction
- Accessor and setter
- Measurement functions
- Composition functions
- Decomposition functions
- Simplification functions
- Topological functions
- Bounding boxes
- Equality
- Relations
- Spatial joins
- Special Functions for processing and analysis
- Spatial aggregation
- Clipping, splitting, tesselation
- Segmentation
- Translation, scaling and rotation
Practical part
Introducing the dataset & Exercises
- Import/Export spatial data
- Validating and fixing spatial data
- Analyzing spatial data
- Visualizing spatial data
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