PostGIS Manual

Edited by

Paul Ramsey

PostGIS is an extension to the PostgreSQL object-relational database system which allows GIS (Geographic Information Systems) objects to be stored in the database. PostGIS includes support for GiST indexes, and functions for basic analysis of GIS objects.


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Credits
To Do List
More Information
2. Installation
PostGIS
JDBC
Loader/Dumper
3. Frequently Asked Questions
4. Using PostGIS
GIS Objects
Creating a Table with Geometry
Loading GIS Data
Using SQL
Using the Loader
Retrieving GIS Data
Using SQL
Using the Dumper
Building Indexes
GiST Indexes
R-Tree Indexes
Using Indexes
Java Clients (JDBC)
C Clients (libpq)
Text Cursors
Binary Cursors
5. PostGIS Reference
Functions
6. Programming Information
Internal Object Representation
Basic Structure
Usage
Input / Output
Fundamental Geometry Types
Internal Functions