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Using PHP and MySQL for Spatial Projects
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| GIS, or Geographic Information Science, is the study and use of data involving | |
| locations. It's a broad field that includes spatial statistics, cartography, | |
| routing, maps and much more. | |
| PHP + MySQL is not a popular combination for GIS projects. However, given | |
| how much of the internet the LAMP stack runs, it is inevitable | |
| that we as PHP professionals will be asked to implement maps and other | |
| spatial solutions in the software we develop. | |
| What would you say if a client asked if PHP and MySQL are the right choices | |
| for GIS software? | |
| With recent MySQL releases and maturing PHP spatial libraries we can now | |
| respond with a confident "Maybe!". After reviewing a checklist of conditions | |
| and caveats we might even get away with a "Yes!". | |
| In my presentation we'll review MySQL's historic weaknesses as a spatial | |
| database and celebrate its recent improvements. We will also look at a few of | |
| the more useful spatial libraries for PHP. | |
| Finally we'll discuss when you should recommend using PHP and MySQL for spatial | |
| projects and give you some alteratives to recommend when PHP or MySQL just | |
| won't cut it. |
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cartoraphy or cartography?
Does you presentation mention some alternative when php/mysql won’t cut it? If not, add that to the presentation and mention it here as well?