Section 1: Getting Started with Geospatial Analytics

Readers will learn how spatial SQL increases efficiency in working with geospatial databases. Also, prior to analyzing geospatial data, the reader will learn about the frameworks and the distinction between geometry and geography. This is the primary difference between SQL and spatial SQL. They will learn about spatial algorithms and will begin integrating GIS functions into a modern SQL computing environment.

This section has the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introducing the Fundamentals of Geospatial Analytics
• Chapter 2, Conceptual Framework for SQL Spatial Data Science – Geometry Versus Geography
• Chapter 3, Analyzing and Understanding Spatial Algorithms
• Chapter 4, An Overview of Spatial Statistics