Re: Implement geospatial data viewer in pgAdmin4 for PostGIS

From: Anthony DeBarros <adebarros(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Xuri Gong <xurigoong(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Implement geospatial data viewer in pgAdmin4 for PostGIS
Date: 2018-05-25 16:46:48
Message-ID: CAAQFaFJUXjg54-efNYRGaNK6-eCxV-p=1+eBkTNYp62=JRmegQ@mail.gmail.com
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> I agree the map is the ultimate tool. However, I do think that being able
> to quickly view a single geometry from within the grid makes a lot of sense
> - and for users who want to easily visualise a single geometry, will be a
> great deal more convenient than the map.
>
> Note that I'm not talking about anything complex here - just a convenience
> panel that renders the geometry, and maybe has zoom and scrolling. The
> viewing tab would be where the real magic happens - handling the map
> overlay and the ability to display many geometries at once.
>
>
> As a user, I would agree with Dave here. A good example is a table that
holds the polygons of each county in the U.S. or each country in Europe. It
would be very helpful to view each individually as well as collectively if
I were to select all in a query.

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