[Live-demo] PostGIS Quickstart needs updating

[Baka Niko]

Hi,

I can follow the old quickstart tomorrow and see what changed ( or don't
work anymore). I'm not cutting edge in PostGis however.


Cheers,

Nicolas

2016-03-03 22:32 GMT+01:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>:

> Hi Regina,
> Thanks for your review of the PostGIS docs on OSGeo-Live and identifying
> that the PostGIS quickstart is out of date and needs work. This is quite
> important as PostGIS is one of the core projects in most OSGeobased systems.
>
> With regards to updating, we are short of time, with our first release
> candidate due in 3 days, and final release due in 2 weeks. [1]
>
> I'm wondering if there is anyone who can help Regina out this weekend? I
> can commit to reviewing docs once created. I've created a ticket to track
> this [2].
>
> Regina, I'll bump the version number of the PostGIS Project Overview as
> you suggest.
>
> [1]
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB
> [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1634#ticket
>
> On 4/03/2016 12:37 am, Regina Obe wrote:
>
>> Cameron,
>>
>> It looks like you guys never had much on the overview page anyway except
>> for
>> the version number.
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/en/overview/postgis_overv
>> iew.rst
>>
>> So given that I would just update the version to 2.2.1 .
>>
>> The quick starter guide on the other hand needs some work.
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/en/quickstart/postgis_qui
>> ckstart.rst
>>
>> 1)  It is using ST_Distance_Sphere which got deprecated in 2.2.0 and will
>> be
>> removed in the future.
>> That should be changed to ST_DistanceSphere.
>> http://postgis.net/docs/ST_DistanceSphere.html
>>
>> 2) The QGIS images are a bit out of date.  For example I think PostGIS
>> Manager got renamed to DB Manager and got more encompassing to satisfy
>> SpatialIte too.
>>
>>
>> I'm a bit strapped for time this month, but if you are not in too much of
>> a
>> rush, I could spruce up the quick start next month and send a pull
>> request.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regina
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 6:12 AM
>> To: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>; 'Brian Hamlin' <maplabs at light42.com>;
>> 'Barry
>> Rowlingson' <barry.rowlingson at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Any features added to postgis between versions 2.1.3 and
>> 2.2.1
>> worth mentioning in the Project Overview?
>>
>> Hey guys,
>> Any chance one of you could take a crack at fixing up the Project Overview
>> (or tell me there is nothing to do).
>>
>> Cheers, Cameron
>>
>> On 1/03/2016 8:39 am, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Regina, Brian, Barry,
>>> Sounds like a doc update is in order?
>>> Would one of you mind updating the Project Overview, create a git pull
>>> request, and then I'll review.
>>>
>>> Are there any updates required for the Quickstart?
>>>
>>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>>
>>> On 29/02/2016 11:54 pm, Regina Obe wrote:
>>>
>>>> Key features in PostGIS 2.2 are
>>>>
>>>> 1)  KNN now supported for geography and 3D geometries.
>>>> Prior versions only supported for 2D geometry.
>>>> 2) KNN true-distance functionality for PostgreSQL 9.5.  This is for
>>>> all KNN including the new 3D and geography. Does OSGeo live have 9.5?
>>>> What this means is the distance returned by the spatial index KNN
>>>> operators is the actual distance and not the bounding box  or
>>>> bounding box centroid distance Of prior versions.
>>>>
>>>> 3) Ability to build raster overviews in the database without having
>>>> to rely on raster2pgsql.  Means you can have overviews without
>>>> reloading your raster data.
>>>> 4) Tiger geocoder upgraded to support Tiger 2015
>>>> 5) New extensions address_standardizer (not sure if you have
>>>> postgis_sfcgal packaged, but that became an extension in PostGIS 2.2)
>>>>
>>>> 6) Lots of other neat functions noted in the release notes
>>>>
>>>> http://postgis.net/2015/10/07/postgis-2.2.0/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: cameron.shorter at gmail.com [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 5:56 AM
>>>> To: Brian Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com>; Barry Rowlingson
>>>> <barry.rowlingson at gmail.com>; Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
>>>> Subject: Any features added to postgis between versions 2.1.3 and
>>>> 2.2.1 worth mentioning in the Project Overview?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Brian, Barry, Regina,
>>>>
>>>> The OSGeo-Live Project Overview for postgis currently describes
>>>> version 2.1.3, however version 2.2.1 is installed on the next
>>>> OSGeo-Live9.5 release.
>>>> Are there any features which should be added to the Project Overview,
>>>> or does the doc just require a version update?
>>>>
>>>> You can see the latest nightly OSGeo-Live docs here:
>>>> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html
>>>> And docs are in git here: https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter,
>>>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>>>> LISAsoft
>>>> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
>>>> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>>>>
>>>> P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>> Cameron Shorter,
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>> LISAsoft
>> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
>> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>>
>> P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com,  F +61 2 9009 5099
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Cameron Shorter,
> Software and Data Solutions Manager
> LISAsoft
> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>
> P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com,  F +61 2 9009 5099
>
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