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Geospatial Data Analytics on AWS

By : Scott Bateman, Janahan Gnanachandran, Jeff DeMuth
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Geospatial Data Analytics on AWS

By: Scott Bateman, Janahan Gnanachandran, Jeff DeMuth

Overview of this book

Managing geospatial data and building location-based applications in the cloud can be a daunting task. This comprehensive guide helps you overcome this challenge by presenting the concept of working with geospatial data in the cloud in an easy-to-understand way, along with teaching you how to design and build data lake architecture in AWS for geospatial data. You’ll begin by exploring the use of AWS databases like Redshift and Aurora PostgreSQL for storing and analyzing geospatial data. Next, you’ll leverage services such as DynamoDB and Athena, which offer powerful built-in geospatial functions for indexing and querying geospatial data. The book is filled with practical examples to illustrate the benefits of managing geospatial data in the cloud. As you advance, you’ll discover how to analyze and visualize data using Python and R, and utilize QuickSight to share derived insights. The concluding chapters explore the integration of commonly used platforms like Open Data on AWS, OpenStreetMap, and ArcGIS with AWS to enable you to optimize efficiency and provide a supportive community for continuous learning. By the end of this book, you’ll have the necessary tools and expertise to build and manage your own geospatial data lake on AWS, along with the knowledge needed to tackle geospatial data management challenges and make the most of AWS services.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to the Geospatial Data Ecosystem
4
Part 2: Geospatial Data Lakes using Modern Data Architecture
10
Part 3: Analyzing and Visualizing Geospatial Data in AWS
16
Part 4: Accessing Open Source and Commercial Platforms and Services

Who this book is for

Geospatial practitioners who work primarily in local or on-premises environments are the primary audience for this book. Data scientists, analysts, engineers, surveyors, and property managers will also find the contents of this book insightful. Having a basic understanding of GIS or cloud technology is helpful, but fundamentals are explained in each chapter.

No matter who you are, you will find most of the chapters in this book helpful. The readers who will get the most out of this book are technologists that have 2-5 years of cloud and/or GIS experience. Knowledge of either cloud or GIS, but not both, will amplify the value you’ll get reading this book. We don’t dive too deep into either cloud or geospatial, and if you have a firm footing in either one, you’re going to learn a lot. If you know how to use geospatial data to make beautiful maps but are frustrated by some of the technical limitations you face, this book is for you. Even if you didn’t know that geospatial was a word until reading this book, I think the following 16 chapters will still be enjoyable and help you understand the power of analyzing geospatial data in the AWS cloud.