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Geospatial application
Hi I need to architect geo application. But I do not have enough background in that area ,but Azure I know well. We have raw application/python scripts which get data in files and create output wi...
Dear dannybhar,
Not an expert but it was an interesting question, so I did some digging.
To store the contents of .gpkg files in a database, you can use PostGIS, an open-source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. Azure provides a managed PostgreSQL service called Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which you can use to host your PostGIS database.
To migrate your data from .gpkg files to PostGIS, you can use a data integration tool like Azure Data Factory (ADF). ADF is a cloud-based data integration service that allows you to create data pipelines to move and transform data between various sources and destinations, including databases.
To use ADF for this scenario, you would need to create a pipeline that reads the .gpkg files from their source location and then writes the data to your PostGIS database. You can use the Copy Data activity in ADF to copy the data from the .gpkg files to PostGIS.
Once your data is in PostGIS, you can build a web application to serve the data to your users. You can use Azure App Service to host your web application and Azure Maps to display your geospatial data.
It seems like a rather complicated process, but I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Luke Madden
Not an expert but it was an interesting question, so I did some digging.
To store the contents of .gpkg files in a database, you can use PostGIS, an open-source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. Azure provides a managed PostgreSQL service called Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which you can use to host your PostGIS database.
To migrate your data from .gpkg files to PostGIS, you can use a data integration tool like Azure Data Factory (ADF). ADF is a cloud-based data integration service that allows you to create data pipelines to move and transform data between various sources and destinations, including databases.
To use ADF for this scenario, you would need to create a pipeline that reads the .gpkg files from their source location and then writes the data to your PostGIS database. You can use the Copy Data activity in ADF to copy the data from the .gpkg files to PostGIS.
Once your data is in PostGIS, you can build a web application to serve the data to your users. You can use Azure App Service to host your web application and Azure Maps to display your geospatial data.
It seems like a rather complicated process, but I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Luke Madden