Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread christophe vergon
Hi,   A "french use of Postgis" (sorry for my poor english, it's easyer to read than to write ) :   We are working in Land Analysis and Urban Planning. Our Information System is based on Postgresql/postgis database engine. Topology is particulary usefull for us, but a little bit tricky. Our

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Garret W
I just wanted to give my vote to some of the great ideas/projects that other people have all ready posted, that I would love to read more about. - stealing some data from some web endpoint - Anything dealing with using python to interact with your database is great. - line and parcel topology - th

[postgis-users] Appreciation for a Raster Bug Fix

2018-10-31 Thread Michael Treglia
Hi All, I didn't see a way to thank the individual, Sai-bot, who fixed a bug in a raster clip operation, so just figured I'd express appreciation here. The ticket is here - https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3457 - looks like the fix will be in the next PostGIS release, and there's a redefined

Re: [postgis-users] Appreciation for a Raster Bug Fix

2018-10-31 Thread Regina Obe
Mike, Great to hear that it helped. List is perfect to announce this. Speaking of releases I think we have a good chunk of fixes in upcoming 2.4, 2.5 (haven't checked 2.3, 2.2). How do people feel about a micro-release in next 2 weeks or so. This will probably be the last release we d

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Tom Kazimiers
Hi Regina, It might not really fit the book, because it's not exactly GIS, but our PostGIS use case is certainly an interesting one as well: As a software engineer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, I work on a collaborative neuron reconstruction and analysis software called CATMAID [1]

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Regina Obe
Tom, That's a pretty nice use case and one I've thought of coming from a Bioelectronics/Biomechanics educational background. I think a lot more people would be using PostGIS if they saw it as a tool set of tools for visualizing and analyzing space, instead of "a toolset for GIS" The GIS word se

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Simon Greener
Regina, Some very good points. I stopped using the term years ago given that I concentrate on applying spatial data and functions to solving business problems. One problem is that the "spatial" industry is dominated by "GIS" vendors and practitioners: it isn't easy to find new non-GIS work.

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Regina Obe
Would love to go to Australia sometime. Unfortunately too far of a trek for us. Someday. > -Original Message- > From: Simon Greener [mailto:si...@spatialdbadvisor.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:39 PM > To: 'PostGIS Users Discussion' ; Regina Obe > > Cc: 'PostGIS Development

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Simon Greener
I know what you mean, my last few trips to Washington was timezone hell! Simon On Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:06:22 +1100, Regina Obe wrote: Would love to go to Australia sometime. Unfortunately too far of a trek for us. Someday. -Original Message- From: Simon Greener [mailto:si...@spatial

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS case usages

2018-10-31 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Hi Regina, We are a Spatial Analytics company which has diversified into developing standard WebApps and tools. PostGres+PostGIS is the only database that we use company-wide, whether the solution involves GIS or not. Out Usage of PostGIS is varied, and includes things like: 1)We have began to l