Documentation

Welcome to the PlanetGIS documentation server. Everything about PlanetGIS is or will be documented here.

All content here is served by PlanetGIS Web Server. Each (sub)section is a row in a table and is maintained by editing the text in “desktop” PlanetGIS!!

The Basics

The first part of the PlanetGIS documentation covers software installation, a brief introduction to GIS and a “Getting Started” guide for users new to PlanetGIS.

Installation and Licensing

This chapter describes installation requirements, steps, tips and how PlanetGIS software is licensed.

Introduction to GIS

The Database

This part contains highly detailed information about the inner workings of PlanetGIS' database backend.

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Reporting

Introduction to Pages

PlanetGIS has a built-in reporting engine that can produce content for presentation by a web browser or to be printed to a PDF document.

HTML, CSS & JavaScript

A primer on hand-coding HTML and CSS.

Mustache Templates

Everything you need to know about the Mustache Template Engine.

JSON

How to use SQL to extract information into JSON documents.