GDAL, Mapserver and PostGIS

[Eijnden, B. van den (Bart)]

Hi,

the preferred way to access PostGIS is through Mapserver. So you don't need
to compile PostGIS support into OGR (the vector part of GDAL).

You need the PostgreSQL client libraries in order to compile, aka libpq.
Runtime you also need the libpq .dll or .so depending on your platform.

Best regards,
Bart

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Van: UMN MapServer Users List
[mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]Namens Angus Dickey
Verzonden: dinsdag 6 juni 2006 20:10
Aan: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Onderwerp: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] GDAL, Mapserver and PostGIS


Hello all,

I notice both GDAL and Mapserver have options to be compiled with support
for PostGIS. Is it necessary to compile PostGIS support into GDAL as well as
the Mapserver executable? Also do Postgresql/PostGIS have to be installed on
the machine compiling (then running) Mapserver? Or are there just certain
PostGIS libraries that can be applied?

Thanks for any help,

~Angus



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