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Ticket #4397 (assigned)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 8 months ago

[gis] GeoDjango Documentation for Windows

Reported by: luftyluft@gmail.com Assigned to: jbronn (accepted)
Component: GIS Version: gis
Keywords: geodjango windows documentation Cc: jbronn@gmail.com
Triage Stage: Accepted Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0

Description

This is just a documentation suggestion - Windows users who elect to use the PostGIS installer don't need to acquire GEOS or PROJ.4 independently since they are included with the PostGIS insatller. If you could note that near the top of the installation section it might save users a few minutes since they may not realize that the PostGIS installer is inclusive.

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05/26/07 20:30:33 changed by luftyluft@gmail.com

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note that users who elect to use the PostGIS Windows installer will have to add the Postgres bin directory to their system path. (ex. C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin)

05/29/07 11:26:03 changed by luftyluft@gmail.com

UPDATE: I realized after my last comment that the version of GEOS included with the Windows PostGIS installer is an older version. The API in the packaged version does not contain some of the methods that GeoDjango depends on. I spent a bit of time trying to build the latest GEOS via both Cygwin and MinGW/MSYS but have not been successful yet.

I will update if I discover or come across any straightforward instructions for building GEOS 3 on Windows (preferably without requiring Visual Studio).

05/29/07 12:18:56 changed by jbronn

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  • summary changed from GeoDjango dependencies on Windows to GeoDjango Documentation for Windows.
  • owner changed from jdunck to jbronn.
  • version changed from SVN to other branch.
  • keywords set to geodjango windows documentation.
  • stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted.

Yes, formal docs need to be written about the GeoDjango installation on Windows. I also want to provide a "battery pack" of the needed Windows library binaries in a Zip file. The GEOS library I used was the latest version (3.0.0RC4). I obtained my libraries from the PostGIS Windows technology preview. Specifically, copy libgeos-3-0-0rc4.dll, libgeos_c-1.dll, and libproj.dll to your Python directory (e.g. C:\Python25).

05/29/07 12:19:39 changed by jbronn

  • summary changed from GeoDjango Documentation for Windows to [gis] GeoDjango Documentation for Windows.

09/12/07 20:20:53 changed by jbronn

  • owner changed from nobody to jbronn.

09/12/07 20:26:33 changed by jbronn

  • status changed from new to assigned.

There is some progress on this front -- see GeoDjango install docs (added on 8/18/2007). I'm still not satisfied with the quality to close this ticket yet.

09/13/07 23:39:43 changed by adrian

  • version changed from other branch to gis.

Add/Change #4397 ([gis] GeoDjango Documentation for Windows)




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