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Geospatial Analysis with SQL
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Geospatial Analysis with SQL

by Bonny P McClain
October 2023
Beginner to intermediate
234 pages
4h 55m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using SQL Functions – Spatial and Non-Spatial

Beginning with a data question is the most efficient process for writing SQL queries. This may be a problem you are trying to solve or perhaps a null hypothesis. Once we have an articulated question, we will be tasked with locating data. The final steps are to analyze the problem and communicate the results.

I would argue that this is particularly relevant when learning how to write efficient SQL queries. There is a natural cadence and syntax that differs from writing a code snippet in, say, Python or R.

The datasets we are exploring are from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Mining activities in the Amazon rainforest are a known provocation for deforestation and the associated impact of toxic pollution ...

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ISBN: 9781835083147