[postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-06 Thread Lee Hachadoorian
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 re

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-06 Thread rox
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 dow

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-06 Thread Larry Price https://industrialintellect.com
Distributing periodic updates via dropbox or rsync is not a bad approach. Postgres will do cascading replication http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/warm-standby.html#CASCADING-REPLICATION ( since 9.2 ) So that is one possible way to distribute that data. Be aware that using replicatio

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-07 Thread Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)
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

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-07 Thread Lee Hachadoorian
At the moment it looks like our use case is data is updated from canonical sources (gov't agencies), and users are just using for analysis and visualization, not making changes to original data. So read-only/one-way sync will work for us. Don't know about AWS. Data sets are single-digit GB. Mo

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-07 Thread rox
You set can a Master up anywhere that your remote desktops can reach it. One other datum of possible value to you... - barman can be used to backup/restore individual tables as well... (as I understand it). Using a full backup might simplify configuring a new install. Using table restorations

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-07 Thread Lee Hachadoorian
-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 - pe

Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites

2016-03-07 Thread Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)
4:09 PM To: postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS over distributed worksites Robert, Meaning that you also have to maintain a Mapserver web server with static IP? If so, it is probably not the right solution for this project, but worth keeping in mind. Thanks for the