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Fixed #16455 -- Added support for PostGIS 2.0

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Thanks ckarrie for the report and the initial patches, Flavio Curella
for updating the patch, and Anssi Kääriäinen for testing. See ticket
for other valuable contributors.
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Flavio Curella 2012-09-29 14:45:56 +02:00 • committed by Claude Paroz
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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ supported versions, and any notes for each of the supported database backends:
================== ============================== ================== =========================================
Database Library Requirements Supported Versions Notes
================== ============================== ================== =========================================
PostgreSQL GEOS, PROJ.4, PostGIS 8.1+ Requires PostGIS.
PostgreSQL GEOS, PROJ.4, PostGIS 8.2+ Requires PostGIS.
MySQL GEOS 5.x Not OGC-compliant; limited functionality.
Oracle GEOS 10.2, 11 XE not supported; not tested with 9.
SQLite GEOS, GDAL, PROJ.4, SpatiaLite 3.6.+ Requires SpatiaLite 2.3+, pysqlite2 2.5+
@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Program Description Required
`PROJ.4`_ Cartographic Projections library Yes (PostgreSQL and SQLite only) 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4
:ref:`GDAL <ref-gdal>` Geospatial Data Abstraction Library No (but, required for SQLite) 1.9, 1.8, 1.7, 1.6, 1.5
:ref:`GeoIP <ref-geoip>` IP-based geolocation library No 1.4
`PostGIS`__ Spatial extensions for PostgreSQL Yes (PostgreSQL only) 1.5, 1.4, 1.3
`PostGIS`__ Spatial extensions for PostgreSQL Yes (PostgreSQL only) 2.0, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3
`SpatiaLite`__ Spatial extensions for SQLite Yes (SQLite only) 3.0, 2.4, 2.3
======================== ==================================== ================================ ==========================
@ -226,45 +226,6 @@ Finally, configure, make and install PROJ.4::
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..
.. _postgis:
PostGIS
-------
`PostGIS`__ adds geographic object support to PostgreSQL, turning it
into a spatial database. :ref:`geosbuild` and :ref:`proj4` should be
installed prior to building PostGIS.
.. note::
The `psycopg2`_ module is required for use as the database adaptor
when using GeoDjango with PostGIS.
.. _psycopg2: http://initd.org/psycopg/
First download the source archive, and extract::
$ wget http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-1.5.5.tar.gz
$ tar xzf postgis-1.5.5.tar.gz
$ cd postgis-1.5.5
Next, configure, make and install PostGIS::
$ ./configure
Finally, make and install::
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..
.. note::
GeoDjango does not automatically create a spatial database. Please
consult the section on :ref:`spatialdb_template` for more information.
__ http://postgis.refractions.net/
.. _gdalbuild:
GDAL
@ -364,6 +325,48 @@ file:
SetEnv GDAL_DATA /usr/local/share
.. _postgis:
PostGIS
-------
`PostGIS`__ adds geographic object support to PostgreSQL, turning it
into a spatial database. :ref:`geosbuild`, :ref:`proj4` and
:ref:`gdalbuild` should be installed prior to building PostGIS. You
might also need additional libraries, see `PostGIS requirements`_.
.. note::
The `psycopg2`_ module is required for use as the database adaptor
when using GeoDjango with PostGIS.
.. _psycopg2: http://initd.org/psycopg/
.. _PostGIS requirements: http://www.postgis.org/documentation/manual-2.0/postgis_installation.html#id2711662
First download the source archive, and extract::
$ wget http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-2.0.1.tar.gz
$ tar xzf postgis-2.0.1.tar.gz
$ cd postgis-2.0.1
Next, configure, make and install PostGIS::
$ ./configure
Finally, make and install::
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..
.. note::
GeoDjango does not automatically create a spatial database. Please consult
the section on :ref:`spatialdb_template91` or
:ref:`spatialdb_template_earlier` for more information.
__ http://postgis.refractions.net/
.. _spatialite:
SpatiaLite
@ -507,10 +510,27 @@ to build and install::
Post-installation
=================
.. _spatialdb_template:
.. _spatialdb_template91:
Creating a spatial database template for PostGIS
------------------------------------------------
Creating a spatial database with PostGIS 2.0 and PostgreSQL 9.1
---------------------------------------------------------------
PostGIS 2 includes an extension for Postgres 9.1 that can be used to enable
spatial functionality::
$ createdb <db name>
$ psql <db name>
> CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
> CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
.. _spatialdb_template_earlier:
Creating a spatial database template for earlier versions
---------------------------------------------------------
If you have an earlier version of PostGIS or PostgreSQL, the CREATE
EXTENSION isn't available and you need to create the spatial database
using the following instructions.
Creating a spatial database with PostGIS is different than normal because
additional SQL must be loaded to enable spatial functionality. Because of
@ -540,7 +560,7 @@ user. For example, you can use the following to become the ``postgres`` user::
Once you're a database super user, then you may execute the following commands
to create a PostGIS spatial database template::
$ POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=`pg_config --sharedir`/contrib/postgis-1.5
$ POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=`pg_config --sharedir`/contrib/postgis-2.0
# Creating the template spatial database.
$ createdb -E UTF8 template_postgis
$ createlang -d template_postgis plpgsql # Adding PLPGSQL language support.
@ -1083,7 +1103,7 @@ Afterwards, the ``/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3`` script should be used to manage
the starting and stopping of PostgreSQL.
In addition, the SQL files for PostGIS are placed in a different location on
Debian 5.0 . Thus when :ref:`spatialdb_template` either:
Debian 5.0 . Thus when :ref:`spatialdb_template_earlier` either:
* Create a symbolic link to these files: