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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125042800-27072009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>We have the PostGIS 1.4.0 windows binaries available now for
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125042800-27072009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>PostgreSQL 8.2,8.3, and 8.4</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125042800-27072009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>We hope to get out the stack builder and installers next week
or week after.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/">http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125042800-27072009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125042800-27072009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Leo and Regina</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark
Vantzelfde<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 24, 2009 3:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B> PostGIS
Users Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS 1.4.0
Released<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Please post when things are ready and I will give it a
go.<BR><BR>Mark<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Paragon Corporation
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:lr@pcorp.us">lr@pcorp.us</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Mark,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>We'll try
to have windows binaries out by Monday and then the stack installer/builder
part probably week after. So those who already installed and RC
just need to overwrite their binaries. Nothing technically has changed
since most of the RC2->production were more on the testing
scripts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Unfortunately Mark Cave-Ayland is on vacation and I think
since this is our first time doing it, we should wait for him before we push
to Stack Builder.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Oh by the
way we just came back from OSCON and will be posting our slides and data
shortly which will showcase some of the speed improvements in 1.4 and taking
advantage of PostgreSQL 8.4 features. Should have those posted sometime
later today.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Regina</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net"
target=_blank>postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net"
target=_blank>postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net</A>] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Mark Vantzelfde<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 24, 2009 2:20
PM<BR><B>To:</B> PostGIS Users Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[postgis-users] PostGIS 1.4.0 Released<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>Thank you!<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Paul Ramsey <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:pramsey@opengeo.org"
target=_blank>pramsey@opengeo.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>July 24, 2009<BR><BR>The PostGIS development team has,
after a long period of meditation<BR>and soul searching, released version
1.4.0 of the spatial data<BR>extension for PostgreSQL.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-1.4.0.tar.gz"
target=_blank>http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-1.4.0.tar.gz</A><BR><BR>This
new version of PostGIS includes substantial performance<BR>enhancements,
more detailed reference documentation, new output<BR>formats (GeoJSON) and
an improved internal testing system. PostGIS 1.4<BR>also supports the recent
PostgreSQL 8.4 release.<BR><BR>Thanks to everyone who helped by testing
during the release candidate process!<BR><BR>Your PostGIS Team<BR><BR>--
Detailed PostGIS 1.4 Release Notes --<BR><BR> - As of the 1.4 release
series, the public API of PostGIS will not<BR>
change during minor releases.<BR><BR> - Compatibility<BR> -
The versions below are the *minimum* requirements for PostGIS 1.4<BR> -
PostgreSQL 8.2 and higher on all platforms<BR> - GEOS 3.0 and higher
only<BR> - PROJ4 4.5 and higher only<BR><BR> - New
Features<BR> - ST_Union() uses high-speed cascaded union when compiled
against<BR> GEOS 3.1+ (Paul Ramsey)<BR> -
ST_ContainsProperly() requires GEOS 3.1+<BR> - ST_Intersects(),
ST_Contains(), ST_Within() use high-speed cached<BR>
prepared geometry against GEOS 3.1+ (Paul Ramsey)<BR> - Vastly
improved documentation and reference manual<BR>
(Regina Obe & Kevin Neufeld)<BR> - Figures and diagram
examples in the reference manual (Kevin Neufeld)<BR> -
ST_IsValidReason() returns readable explanations for validity<BR>
failures (Paul Ramsey)<BR> - ST_GeoHash() returns a
<A href="http://geohash.org" target=_blank>geohash.org</A> signature for
geometries<BR> (Paul Ramsey)<BR> - GTK+
multi-platform GUI for shape file loading (Paul Ramsey)<BR> -
ST_LineCrossingDirection() returns crossing directions (Paul
Ramsey)<BR> - ST_LocateBetweenElevations() returns sub-string based on
Z-ordinate.<BR> (Paul Ramsey)<BR> - Geometry
parser returns explicit error message about location of<BR>
syntax errors (Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - ST_AsGeoJSON()
return JSON formatted<BR> - Populate_Geometry_Columns() --
automatically add records to<BR> geometry_columns
for TABLES and VIEWS (Kevin Neufeld)<BR> - ST_MinimumBoundingCircle()
-- returns the smallest circle<BR> polygon that
can encompass a geometry (Bruce Rindahl)<BR><BR> -
Enhancements<BR> - Core geometry system moved into independent library,
liblwgeom.<BR> (Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - New
build system uses PostgreSQL "pgxs" build bootstrapper.<BR>
(Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - Debugging framework formalized
and simplified. (Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - All build-time #defines
generated at configure time and placed in<BR>
headers for easier cross-platform support (Mark
Cave-Ayland)<BR> - Logging framework formalized and simplified (Mark
Cave-Ayland)<BR> - Expanded and more stable support for
CIRCULARSTRING,<BR> COMPOUNDCURVE and
CURVEPOLYGON, better parsing,<BR> wider support in
functions (Mark Leslie & Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - Improved support
for OpenSolaris builds (Paul Ramsey)<BR> - Improved support for MSVC
builds (Mateusz Loskot)<BR> - Updated KML support (Olivier
Courtin)<BR> - Unit testing framework for liblwgeom (Paul
Ramsey)<BR> - New testing framework to comprehensively exercise
every<BR> PostGIS function (Regine Obe)<BR> - Performance
improvements to all geometry aggregate<BR> functions (Paul
Ramsey)<BR> - Support for the upcoming PostgreSQL 8.4 (Mark
Cave-Ayland,<BR> Talha Bin Rizwan)<BR> - Shp2pgsql and
pgsql2shp re-worked to depend on<BR> the common
parsing/unparsing code in liblwgeom (Mark Cave-Ayland)<BR> - Use of PDF
DbLatex to build PDF docs and preliminary<BR> instructions for
build (Jean David Techer)<BR> - Automated User documentation
build (PDF and HTML) and<BR> Developer Doxygen Documentation
(Kevin Neufeld)<BR> - Automated build of document images using
ImageMagick<BR> from WKT geometry text files (Kevin
Neufeld)<BR> - More attractive CSS for HTML documentation<BR>
(Dane Springmeyer)<BR> - Bug fixes<BR> - <A
href="http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/query?status=closed&milestone=postgis+1.4.0&order=priority"
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