[postgis] PostGIS 0.6 Released

Paul Ramsey pramsey at refractions.net
Wed Sep 19 12:50:09 PDT 2001


SUMMARY:

Refractions Research is pleased to announce the 0.6 release of 
PostGIS : Geographic Objects for the PostgreSQL object-relational 
database server. PostGIS/PostgreSQL is a spatial database much like 
ESRI's SDE and Oracles OracleSpatial.

PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:

- Simple Features as defined by the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC)
- Support for Well-Known Text and Well-Known Binary representations 
  of GIS objects
- Fast spatial indexing using GiST
- Geospatial analysis functions
- PostgreSQL JDBC extension objects corresponding to the geometries
- Support for OGC access functions as defined by the Simple 
  Features Specification

The latest release increases OpenGIS standards support, upgrades
Mapserver support, and increases the number of accessor functions
dramatically.

For more information, see the PostGIS project web site at:

  http://postgis.refractions.net

REQUIREMENTS:

- PostgreSQL Version 7.1.x
  (Version 7.2 and CVS versions of PostgreSQL will *not* work
  due to changes in the GiST index interface. The next version
  of PostGIS will move to PostgreSQL 7.2.)
- The PL/pgSQL server-side language must be installed before 
  PostGIS

RELEASE NOTES:

- Version 0.6 includes numerous new functions bringing the system 
  closer to OpenGIS SQL standards. The SPATIAL_REF_SYS and 
  GEOMETRY_COLUMNS tables are now supported and maintainted. 
  SRIDs are included in all geometries, and functions check 
  for consistent SRIDs.

- The internal binary format has changed since version 0.5, 
  so a dump/restore of existing databases is *required*. See 
  the UPGRADING section of the README.

- The latest CVS version of Mapserver will be required if you
  are using PostGIS as a Mapserver datasource. See
  http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ for more information on 
  Mapserver and for CVS snapshots.

NEW FUNCTIONS:

postgis_version()
  Return the PostGIS version number.
find_srid(<db/schema>::varchar, <table>::varchar, <column>::varchar)
  Return the SRID number for a particular column of a database.
AddGeometryColumn(<db/schema>::varchar, <table>::varchar,
  <column>::varchar, <srid>::integer, <type>::varchar,
  <dimension>::integer)
  Appends a geometry column to an existing table and updates the
  metadata tables appropriately.
DropGeometryColumn(<db/schema>::varchar, <table>::varchar,
  <column>::varchar)
  Removes a geometry column from an existing spatial table.
Distance(<geom1>::geometry, <geom2>::geometry)
  Returns the cartesian distance between two geometries.
AsText(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns the OGC well-known text version of the geometry.
SRID(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns the integer SRID of the geometry.
GeometryFromText(<geom>::varchar, <srid>::integer)
  Creates a geometry object given the OGC well-known text and a valid
  SRID.
SetSRID(<geom>::geometry)
  Sets the SRID of a geometry to a particular value.
IsClosed(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns true of first and last points of geometry are coincident.
StartPoint(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns the first point of a geometry.
EndPoint(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns the last point of a geometry.
Centroid(<geom>::geometry)
  Returns the centroid of a geometry.

 
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     | Paul Ramsey
     | Refractions Research
     | Email: pramsey at refractions.net
     | Phone: (250) 885-0632
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