Who this book is for

This book is written for those who are looking for the best method to solve their spatial problems using PostGIS. These problems can be as simple as finding the nearest restaurant to a specific location or as complex as finding the shortest and/or most efficient route from point A to point B.

For those who are just starting out with PostGIS or even spatial datasets, this book is structured to help readers become comfortable and proficient at running spatial operations in the database. For experienced users, the book provides opportunities to dive into advanced topics such as point clouds, raster map-algebra, and PostGIS programming.