pghydro

PgHydro extends the PostGIS/PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide drainage network analysis functionality to help on water resources decision making.

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PGHYDRO - PostgreSQL/PostGIS extension for Water Resources Decision Making

PgHydro extends the PostGIS/PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide drainage network analysis functionality to support decision making in Water Resources.

STATUS

Branches

The master branch has the latest minor release. (6.6)

The develop branch has the next minor release. (6.7-dev)

INTRODUCTION

PgHydro extends the PostGIS/PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide drainage network analysis functionality to support decision making in Water Resources.

Hydrographic objects are all tables, constrains, procedures, queries, functions or views developed in PostGIS/PostgreSQL in order to build a consistent river network and calculates the correct direction of flow vector water, Otto Pfafstetter’s basin coding system, selection of upstream/downstream stretches, distance to the the mouth of the basin, upstream calculation area, river orders, basin levels, and other information to assist in decision making in water resources.

REQUIREMENTS

Postgresql version 9.1+

PostGIS version 3.x

PostGIS Raster

INSTALLATION (v.6.6)

1 - Download the last pghydro stable release file Source code (zip) from the site https://github.com/pghydro/pghydro/releases

2 - Unzip, copy and paste *.sql and *.control files to \PostgreSQL\x.x\share\extension

Postgresql 9.1+

createdb mydatabase
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis"
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis_raster"
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION pghydro"
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgh_raster"
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgh_consistency"
psql mydatabase -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgh_output"

Tutorial (v.6.6) - Also can be used for versions 6.2 or 6.4

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkCUQ-i72bBY41a1bhVWyw

Notes

IMPORTANT : the changes are made in the current project, and will be saved only if you save the project.

Previous versions 6.2 and 6.4 still works with PostgreSQL 9-11 and PostGIS 2.x.

PGHYDRO (extension for PostgreSQL/PostGIS) works better with PgQGIS PgHydroTools Plugin (https://github.com/pghydro/pghydrotools).

Authors

Alexandre de Amorim Teixeira

Licence

PgHydro is Open Source, available under the GPLv2 license and is supported by a growing community of individuals, companies and organizations with an interest in management and decision making in water resources.