Category: postgresql

  • Triggered Notifications Using PostGIS

    My project work the last few months has kept me away from a lot of my favorite open-source tools and I was starting to get hives. Specifically, it had been a while since I had worked with PostgreSQL and PostGIS and I was missing the experience, so I dreamed up something to do. I do…

  • Me and zigGIS

    If you’ve been to the Obtuse Software site recently, you may or may not have noticed a change to the “Who We Are” page. It now lists only Abe Gillespie and Paolo Corti. Prior to my trip to Colorado to talk about zigGIS at GIS in the Rockies, I informed Abe and Paolo that I…

  • Gearing up for GIS in the Rockies

    I finally got around to finishing my travel plans for GIS in the Rockies (personal obligations prevent me from making it out for Ingite Spatial NoCo). I booked my flight a while ago but I had been procrastinating on the hotel and rental car. This will be my first time in that part of Colorado…

  • A Look at “PostGIS In Action”

    Over the past few weeks, I have been reading a copy of the upcoming book by Regina Obe and Leo Hsu titled “PostGIS In Action.” Through my work with zigGIS and some of my consulting work with Zekiah, I have been using PostGIS with good results for some time now. I have found that it…

  • A Couple of PostgreSQL Conferences

    It looks like PostgreSQL Conference, US is putting on a couple of conferences in April. The first, East 2009, is at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 3 April to 5 April. The final schedule for that one can be found here. For those on the West Coast, there is PgDay at LinuxFest Northwest in…