Stable Branch User Documentation

This documentation is for the released branches and will contain corrections and errata as they are available

• PostGIS 3.2 (HTML) (PDF) (EPUB)

• PostGIS 3.1 (HTML) (PDF) (EPUB)

• PostGIS 3.0 (HTML) (PDF) (EPUB)

• PostGIS 2.5 (HTML) (PDF) (EPUB)

In Development User Documentation

This documentation is for the unreleased version currently under development, and is frequently updated and changed. Work is in progress for other languages: Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Korean, Spanish, Polish and more coming. To signup to help translate the manual into your language of choice go to OSGeo Weblate: PostGIS

• PostGIS 3.3 HTML: en ja br de ko_KR es it fr
• PostGIS 3.3 PDF: en br de es it fr

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Tutorials

• Introduction to PostGIS English pdf en Chinese (Simplified) Spanish pdf es
• Crunchy Data Interactive PostGIS Learning Portal

Books

• PostGIS In Action - 3rd Edition (PostGIS 2.5, 3-3.1 and highlights of upcoming 3.2, PostgreSQL 11-13) (664 pages) Released August 2021 English

• PostGIS 2 Analisis Espacial Avanzado 2nd - (PostGIS 2.4, PostgreSQL 10) released Sept 2018 Spanish

• PostGIS Cookbook 2nd Released March 2018 (PostgreSQL 9.6) English

• Mastering PostGIS - covers PostGIS 2.2, released in May 2017, English

• PostGIS Essentials - (PostGIS 2.2 released April 2015)

Web Sites

• Planet PostGIS - keep a pulse on what people are saying about PostGIS and learn how to take advantage of new features as they are added.
• GIS Stack Exchange may already have your answer: search before you ask!