You might have noticed I haven't been blogging much lately. Hopefully I can get back to that and updating the BostonGIS tutorials soon. They are embarrassingly dated at this point and I want to add more like using the very cool TileMill, comparisons between Leaflet and OpenLayers, updated comparisons between SQL Server, PostGIS, and Oracle among other content updates. Most of the reason for sluggish pace is that writing has been taking up a good chunk of our time.
We are in final stages of two books, both 2nd editions:
PostGIS In Action, 2nd
, which covers predominantly PostGIS 2.1 and
PostgreSQL: Up and Running, 2nd edition
which covers mostly PostgreSQL 9.2 and 9.3.
Both are feature complete, but still undergoing polishing . Hopefully when all is said and done we'll have two books that make great companions for GIS folks working with PostGIS. Both are now available in draft form direct from the publishers and you'll get the final polished version when it comes out.
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