From edicks at michigan.gov  Tue Jan  8 13:31:45 2008
From: edicks at michigan.gov (Scott Edick)
Date: Tue Jan  8 13:32:30 2008
Subject: [Concept Historical Archive] PostgreSQL resources online
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Since the PostgreSQL database is at the heart of CONCEPT, I thought I'd make sure the CONCEPT community is aware of a couple excellent online resources for PostgreSQL and related tools.

The new one is an online journal, now on its second issue (see the editions links at the left of the page near the top of the page).
http://www.postgresonline.com 

Both the articles and their included links are excellent. As an example, see
http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/7-PostGIS-for-geospatial-analysis-and-mapping.html 
which is an overview of geospatial computer tools, with a focus on PostGIS.  The link "Almost idiot's guide to PostGIS" is a nice tutorial on how to realize more of the capability of another tool on which CONCEPT is built, and the cheatsheet link provides a nice checklist of the geospatial capabilities available in your CONCEPT run environment.

The other site is Planet PostgreSQL. http://www.planetpostgresql.org 

Its a great aggregator of news and information about anything PostgreSQL-related, and is definitely worth a look every week or so if you're interested in PostgreSQL.