So far, we've checked and imported the PRISM and SRTM rasters into the chp05 schema of the postgis_cookbook database. We will now proceed to work with the rasters within the database.
Working with basic raster information and analysis
Getting ready
In this recipe, we explore functions that provide insight into the raster attributes and characteristics found in the postgis_cookbook database. In doing so, we can see if what is found in the database matches the information provided by accessing gdalinfo.
How to do it...
PostGIS includes the raster_columns view...