[postgis] Release 0.2

[Timothy H. Keitt]

Can't wait to try it.  Got a download URL?

Tim

Paul Ramsey wrote:

> OK, after much blowing and wheezing I am pleased to toss PostGIS 0.2 out
> to the winds. Dave has worked some serious magic. Here's the changelog:
> 
> - New functions
>   - extent()
>   - force_2d()
>   - force_3d()
>   - wkb_xdr()
>   - wkb_ndr()
>   - translate()
> - Fixes
>   - Cygwin compilation (Norman Vine, et al)
>   - i386 byte alignment fixed
>   - 'VACUUM ANALYZE' fixed
> - Other
>   - documentation in docbook xml
>   - example program for WKB access
>   - removed 'make test' until we can get regression
>     working more cleanly
> 
> My favourites are the WKB and the fix for the i386 platform (kind of
> important, that!). Moving the doco to docbook will hopefully be a good
> long-term thing too. Still, sorry to say, I have not gotten the time to
> setup CVS. By the end of the week, I promise.
> 
> Current ToDo list looks like this:
> 
> - Change function names to be OGC compliant (following the "Simple
> Features
>   Specification for SQL")
> - Add some more of the OGC spec functions
> - Tie in to simple GIS clients
> - Better libpq client example (fewer hardcoded parameters *cough*)
> - GML import/export routines
> - Document Java code better. Usage example better and perhaps client
> app.
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Timothy H. Keitt
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA
Phone: 631-632-1101, FAX: 631-632-7626
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/keitt/


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