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Structures That Work

In this chapter, we will cover:

Using geospatial views
Using triggers to populate the geometry column
Structuring spatial data with table inheritance
Extending inheritance – table partitioning
Normalizing imports
Normalizing internal overlays
Using polygon overlays for proportional census estimates

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