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How do I safely store paper/hardcopy maps?
What do I need to consider when deciding how to preserve paper maps safely from the ravages of time?
I am trying to understand some best practices when it comes to archiving and storing paper maps.
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Mixing geometry types in one PostGIS table
I've faced with the following problem. I have to migrate from Oracle database to PostgreSQL+PostGIS. Currently all geometries of all types are stored in one table and each record contains "lid" field ...
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Why do valid polygons repeat the same start and end point?
In the GIS world, for most modern formats and Standards (e.g., Shapefiles, WKB/WKT, GML, KML, etc.), valid polygons need to have closed linear rings, which is a linestring of coordinates where the ...
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Data storage shared with co-worker [closed]
I would like to ask anyone out there who knows of a good free website that allows me to upload my gis data files to co-worker. Each project I am working on are quite large and would need to upload 1 ...
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Online/cloud storage options for GIS file-based data [closed]
I am currently looking into online/cloud-based storage solutions in general and also for my GIS data which consists of shapefiles, rasters, file geodatabases, and the like (no relational databases). ...
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How do algorithms load pieces of maps?
If the user moves the mouse pointer to the top left corner of the screen, I want my software to auto-load the three tiles that are closest to the mouse pointer. My assumptions are that the smaller are ...
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Best practices for managing geospatial data
How do you manage your geospatial data? I have terrabytes of data spread out over hundreds of datasets, and have an ad-hoc solution using symbolic links within projects which link back to an ...
