Tag Archives for open source

update: WMS Performance Shootout at FOSS4G 2009

I’ve been following this previously, but never posted the results! Shame on me! Anyway, these are the slides: http://www.slideshare.net/gatewaygeomatics.com/wms-performance-shootout Conclusion: both where very fast! But in most cases MapServer (in FastCGI configuration) is a bit faster compared to GeoServer. Hehe, … Continue reading

03. June 2010 by wouter
Categories: foss4g, geoserver, gis, mapserver, OGC, open source, standards, WMS | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PostgreSQL Tips and Tricks

Couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about writing PostGIS Spatial Queries (here). Today I found the following post: PostgreSQL Tips & Tricks. There are a couple of tips for working with a PostgreSQL database. Here’s a summary: don’t … Continue reading

10. August 2009 by wouter
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Geostack Workshop

Couple of days ago, Paul Ramsey and Steven Citron-Pousty gave a workshop at GeoWeb (@ Vancouver, BC) on installing, configuring and using a complete open source geospatial application stack (database, application server, web app & desktop. Except for the desktop … Continue reading

29. July 2009 by wouter
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New version PostGIS 1.4

The new version of PostGIS has arrived! This release contains some big performance improvements, as well ass some restructuring under the hood! check this: http://www.postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-users/2009-July/024035.html Some of the new features: – ST_Union() uses high-speed cascaded union when compiled against GEOS … Continue reading

27. July 2009 by wouter
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New Book: PostGIS in Action

Regina Obe and Leo Hsu have a new book coming out, and it’s called PostGIS in Action. When you look at the table of content, you can see all the relevant topics are covered, and even the new WKT Raster! … Continue reading

12. May 2009 by wouter
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