Import OSM data in Postgis – OSM2pgsql

This article lets you know how to import data in postgresql.  Open Street map (OSM) is open and free data. Anyone one can download this data. It mainly contains point data, line data, polygon data and geometry information. Data contains much information and becomes heavy i.e. upto 30GB or more. Many compression techniques are applied to … Continue reading “Import OSM data in Postgis – OSM2pgsql”

Geographical Information System (GIS) FAQs – GIS Interview Question

Geographical Information System (GIS) is a computer-based tool that is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or Geographic data, usually in a map. GIS application is a tool that allows users to create user-created searches, integrate and analyze spatial information and present the results of all these operations. GIS describes any information system … Continue reading “Geographical Information System (GIS) FAQs – GIS Interview Question”

Geoserver FAQs – Geoserver Interview Question

GeoServer is one of the open source GIS Server, which serves Vector and Raster GIS files for instance, Shapefile, GML, KML, NetCDF, GeoTiff, GRIB, HDF5, PostGIS database etc. GeoServer is written in Java, which allows user to process, share, and edit the geospatial data. Here in this post we will check FAQs of Geoserver and … Continue reading “Geoserver FAQs – Geoserver Interview Question”

Install PostGIS and PostgreSQL in Linux Ubuntu 16.4

In this post we are going to talk about How to install PostGIS and PostgreSQL in ubuntu 16.4 (LTS) or Linux system. As we know geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, manage, and present spatial or geographic data. And PostGIS adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to … Continue reading “Install PostGIS and PostgreSQL in Linux Ubuntu 16.4”

PGrouting PostGIS Postgresql – No need for Google routing

Do you have all road data with you and want to creating routing from that according to your algorithm? Needs an alternative to Google Map API, when having your own road datasets? PGrouting with PostGresSql can help you out by doing that. Here in this post we will look for PGRouting PostGreSql implementation steps by … Continue reading “PGrouting PostGIS Postgresql – No need for Google routing”

KML to GML – Convert Keyhole to Geography

Sometimes we need to convert KML to GML where the software supports GML language. But before converting Keyhole markup language to Geography markup language, you should know the basic structure of KML and GML. So that if the file is corrupted then before converting it you can correct it manually and process the same in … Continue reading “KML to GML – Convert Keyhole to Geography”

KML to SHP Shapefile – Convert

Convert kml to shp shapefile. Have you extracted and downloaded kml file from Google Earth or Google map and want to render it with your geo library which support shapefile? Do you have KML data given from third party and want to give a proper representation of data over map by converting the same in … Continue reading “KML to SHP Shapefile – Convert”

Publish Style Vector Dataset on GeoServer

GoeServer is one of the best server for storing Vector data. Geoserver is open source software and free to use. To know how to publish vector data and style it on Geoserver you can follow this tutorial. Before this you need to install Geoserver on your system for that read out our previous tutorial, install … Continue reading “Publish Style Vector Dataset on GeoServer”

Publish Style Raster Dataset On GeoServer

Publish Style Raster Dataset On GeoServer. Do you have raster data and want to host the data on geoserver and create a proper map with styling according to dataset? Well GeoServer gives you a direct and simple method to create a styled map. Before implementing steps to publish and sytle raster dataset on geoserver you … Continue reading “Publish Style Raster Dataset On GeoServer”