[OSGeo-Discuss] Quick hello and request for assistance finding Open Source

[Mateusz Loskot]

Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) wrote:
> Peter & others,
> 
> With PostGIS what is the best option for installation to trial this option. 

I use so called experimental binaries for Windows of PostGIS 1.5 (SVN)

http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/experimental.php

plus PostgreSQL 8.4. I have not noticed any problems. Works well.

> Where would you enter the SQL query?

Install PostgreSQL and you will get pgAdmin (GUI) as well as psql (CLI).

If you know a little Python, it's easy to script your tasks
and talk to PostgreSQL/PostGIS using Python.

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org