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Are database client files platform specific?

I'm just looking for some clarification on a question that came up with me this morning. Are the DLL client files (libeay32.dll, libiconv-2.dll, libintl-8.dll, libpq.dll, and ssleay32.dll) platform ...
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Adding polygon to existing database column

I've built a database with postgreSQL with a few geometry columns. When I add some data to my non-geometry columns, I can see them in QGIS when I connect to my DB using postgis. Now, I want to add ...
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Can I import a .gml file into Spatialite in QGIS?

I have some Ordnance Survey Address Base data files which have a .gml extension. I have imported them to GGIS as vector layers along with some mapping data but would like to explore them with ...
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Column exists in DatabaseMetaData, but does not exist in relation?

I am using JDBC to query a PostgreSQL database. And I want to populate a column called wiki_url based on the value of another column, level which will determine which value of 5 columns to concatenate ...
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Database has duplicate values after running pgrouting

I am a newbie with postgresql and sql statements so maybe it is a trivial question, I'm sorry for that. I am working on a postgis database and try to use the pgrouting function. My goal is to store ...
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Data visualization and maintenance tool

Background Looking to leverage an existing GIS system for exploring organizational data. Architecture The following figure represents a high-level overview of the system's desired features: The ...
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Spatial index vs two coordinates indexes

I have a table with two columns: latitude and longitude. I want to get all objects inside a "rectangular" (well, rectangular in a lat/lon coordinate metric) bounding box: min-max latitude and min-max ...
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DBMS and ArcSDE Architecture for Large (Mostly Non-Spatial) Dataset

I have ~1000 fixed points representing data collection stations with multiple sensors, and a csv that is ~4.5GB of values in the format: id pointid sensor measdatetime measvalue 50345 500 ...
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Casting a Geography type in PostGIS

I have the following table defined, which uses PostGIS geography. CREATE TABLE test_geog ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, boundary GEOGRAPHY(Polygon) ); I added the following test polygon to the ...
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Open Street Map and PostgreSQL what do I exactly need?

I make my first steps in the GIS world and everything is very new for me even if I work on a "huge" project (ie: for a single programmer) very related to maps. My project needs to know informations ...
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Getting started with storing LoST and GML searching

I am working on a logging and search database application. The application will receive event records containing XML LoST values (RFC5222 Location-To-Service-Translation). These records will be ...
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What are the Pros and Cons of hstore data type in postgis?

PostgreSQL has a module named hstore that implement the use of key/value pairs (it's something like the OpenStreetMap model, but in a single table). What are the Pros and Cons of hstore regarding GIS ...