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Building and Using Topologies

From PostGIS in Action, Third Edition by Leo S. Hsu and Regina O. Obe

In this article, you’ll learn what a topology is, how to build a topology from scratch, and how to use commonly available geometry data.

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Topological representation recognizes that, in reality, geometric features rarely exist independently of each other. When…