Summary

In this chapter, we discussed the cloud-native database Amazon Aurora. This modern database technology is much easier to set up than servers in a traditional data center and provides compatibility with familiar tools and concepts to store and manage your geospatial data in a relational database. PostGIS is the most widely used extension to provide storage, functions, and management of your geospatial data. The connectivity to your database can be configured for wide or narrow access to meet the requirements of your specific use case to achieve the right combination of accessibility and security.

You have seen examples of how to quickly load shapefile data into a PostgreSQL database extended with PostGIS. Having all of this data cataloged and structured in AWS enables a wide range of processing capabilities. In the next chapter, we’ll delve into geoprocessing and transforming your data at scale using the power of the cloud. Serverless processing on a secure global...