[postgis-tickets] r16650 - Bump versions in Raster doc.
Darafei
komzpa at gmail.com
Sat Jul 21 04:56:35 PDT 2018
Author: komzpa
Date: 2018-07-21 04:56:35 -0700 (Sat, 21 Jul 2018)
New Revision: 16650
Modified:
trunk/doc/faq_raster.xml
trunk/doc/postgis.xml
Log:
Bump versions in Raster doc.
Closes 4124.
Modified: trunk/doc/faq_raster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/faq_raster.xml 2018-07-18 22:10:33 UTC (rev 16649)
+++ trunk/doc/faq_raster.xml 2018-07-21 11:56:35 UTC (rev 16650)
@@ -3,22 +3,8 @@
<title>PostGIS Raster Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<qandaset>
-
- <qandaentry id="faq_security_change_1">
+ <qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>I'm getting error <code>ERROR: RASTER_fromGDALRaster: Could not open bytea with GDAL. Check that the bytea is of a GDAL supported format.</code> when using ST_FromGDALRaster
- or <code>ERROR: rt_raster_to_gdal: Could not load the output GDAL driver</code> when trying to use ST_AsPNG or other raster input functions.</para>
- </question>
-
- <answer>
- <para>As of PostGIS 2.1.3 and 2.0.5, a security change was made to by default disable all GDAL drivers and out of db rasters. The release notes are at <ulink url="http://postgis.net/2014/05/19/postgis-2.0.6_and_2.1.3">PostGIS 2.0.6, 2.1.3 security release</ulink>. In order to reenable specific drivers or all drivers and reenable out of database support, refer to <xref linkend="install_short_version" />.</para>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
-
-
-
- <qandaentry>
- <question>
<para>Where can I find out more about the PostGIS Raster Project?</para>
</question>
@@ -37,7 +23,7 @@
Jorge has a series of blog articles on PostGIS Raster that demonstrate how to load raster data as well as cross compare to same tasks in Oracle GeoRaster. Check out
<ulink url="http://gis4free.wordpress.com/category/postgis-raster/">Jorge's PostGIS Raster / Oracle GeoRaster Series</ulink>.
There is a whole chapter (more than 35 pages of content) dedicated to PostGIS Raster with free code and data downloads at <ulink url="https://www.manning.com/books/postgis-in-action-second-edition">PostGIS in Action - Raster chapter</ulink>.
- You can <ulink url="http://www.postgis.us/page_buy_book">buy PostGIS in Action</ulink> now from Manning in hard-copy (significant discounts for bulk purchases) or just the E-book format.
+ You can <ulink url="http://www.postgis.us/page_buy_book">buy PostGIS in Action</ulink> now from Manning in hard-copy (significant discounts for bulk purchases) or just the E-book format.
You can also buy from Amazon and various other book distributors. All hard-copy books come with a free coupon to download the E-book version.
</para>
<para>Here is a review from a PostGIS Raster user <ulink url="http://fuzzytolerance.info/blog/2010/10/26/2010-10-26-postgis-raster-ftw/">PostGIS raster applied to land classification urban forestry</ulink></para>
@@ -51,8 +37,7 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The easiest is to download binaries for PostGIS and Raster which are currently available for windows and latest versions of Mac OSX.
- First you need a working PostGIS 2.0.0 or above and be running PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, or 9.1. Note in PostGIS 2.0 PostGIS Raster is fully integrated, so it will be compiled when you compile PostGIS.</para>
+ <para>Starting with PostGIS 2.0 PostGIS Raster is fully integrated, so it will be compiled when you compile PostGIS.</para>
<para>Instructions for installing and running under windows are available at <ulink url="http://gis4free.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/how-to-install-and-configure-postgis-raster-on-windows/">How to Install and Configure PostGIS raster on windows</ulink></para>
<para>
If you are on windows, you can compile yourself, or use the <ulink
@@ -60,8 +45,7 @@
PostGIS Raster windows binaries</ulink>.
If you are on Mac OSX Leopard or Snow Leopard, there are binaries available at <ulink url="http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/postgres">Kyng Chaos Mac OSX PostgreSQL/GIS binaries</ulink>.
</para>
- <para>Then to enable raster support in your database, run the rtpostgis.sql file in your database. To upgrade an existing install use rtpostgis_upgrade_minor..sql instead of rtpostgis.sql</para>
- <para>For other platforms, you generally need to compile yourself. Dependencies are PostGIS and GDAL. For more details about compiling from source, please refer to <ulink url="http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/WKTRaster/Documentation01#a2.3-CompilingandInstallingfromSources">Installing PostGIS Raster from source (in prior versions of PostGIS)</ulink></para>
+ <para>For other platforms, install PostGIS from your software repository. For more details about compiling from source, please refer to <ulink url="http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/WKTRaster/Documentation01#a2.3-CompilingandInstallingfromSources">Installing PostGIS Raster from source</ulink></para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -85,7 +69,7 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The latest version of PostGIS comes packaged with a <varname>raster2pgsql</varname> raster loader executable capable of loading many kinds of rasters and also generating lower resolution overviews without any additional software. Please refer to <xref linkend="RT_Raster_Loader" /> for more details. Pre-2.0 versions came with a <varname>raster2pgsql.py</varname> that required python with numpy and GDAL. This is no longer needed.</para>
+ <para>The latest version of PostGIS comes packaged with a <varname>raster2pgsql</varname> raster loader executable capable of loading many kinds of rasters and also generating lower resolution overviews without any additional software. Please refer to <xref linkend="RT_Raster_Loader" /> for more details.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -108,7 +92,7 @@
<answer>
<para>Yes</para>
- <para>GDAL 1.7+ has a PostGIS raster driver, but is only compiled in if you choose to compile with PostgreSQL support. </para>
+ <para>GDAL has a PostGIS raster driver, but is only compiled in if you choose to compile with PostgreSQL support. </para>
<para>The driver currently doesn't support irregularly blocked rasters,
although you can store irregularly blocked rasters in PostGIS raster data type.</para>
<para>If you are compiling from source, you need to include in your configure
@@ -158,7 +142,7 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You can use MapServer compiled with GDAL 1.7+ and PostGIS Raster driver support to view Raster data. QuantumGIS (QGIS) now supports viewing of PostGIS Raster if you
+ <para>You can use MapServer compiled with GDAL 1.7+ and PostGIS Raster driver support to view Raster data. QGIS supports viewing of PostGIS Raster if you
have PostGIS raster driver installed.</para>
<para>In theory any tool that renders data using GDAL can support PostGIS raster data or
support it with fairly minimal effort. Again for Windows, Tamas' binaries <ulink url="www.gisinternals.com">http://www.gisinternals.com</ulink> are a good choice if you don't want the hassle of having to setup to compile your own.</para>
@@ -298,5 +282,17 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
+ <qandaentry id="faq_security_change_1">
+ <question>
+ <para>I'm getting error <code>ERROR: RASTER_fromGDALRaster: Could not open bytea with GDAL. Check that the bytea is of a GDAL supported format.</code> when using ST_FromGDALRaster
+ or <code>ERROR: rt_raster_to_gdal: Could not load the output GDAL driver</code> when trying to use ST_AsPNG or other raster input functions.</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>As of PostGIS 2.1.3 and 2.0.5, a security change was made to by default disable all GDAL drivers and out of db rasters. The release notes are at <ulink url="http://postgis.net/2014/05/19/postgis-2.0.6_and_2.1.3">PostGIS 2.0.6, 2.1.3 security release</ulink>. In order to reenable specific drivers or all drivers and reenable out of database support, refer to <xref linkend="install_short_version" />.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+
</qandaset>
</chapter>
Modified: trunk/doc/postgis.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/postgis.xml 2018-07-18 22:10:33 UTC (rev 16649)
+++ trunk/doc/postgis.xml 2018-07-21 11:56:35 UTC (rev 16650)
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
<!ENTITY postgis_download_url "@@POSTGIS_DOWNLOAD_URL@@/postgis-@@LAST_RELEASE_VERSION@@.tar.gz">
<!-- Change these values to update the version numbers referenced within the documentation -->
-<!ENTITY last_proj_release_version "4.9.2">
-<!ENTITY last_geos_release_version "3.6.2">
-<!ENTITY min_postgres_version "9.3">
+<!ENTITY last_proj_release_version "5.1.0">
+<!ENTITY last_geos_release_version "3.7.0beta1">
+<!ENTITY min_postgres_version "9.4">
<!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.xml">
<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.xml">
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