Opened 17 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#4397 closed (fixed)
[gis] GeoDjango Documentation for Windows
| Reported by: | Owned by: | jbronn | |
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| Component: | GIS | Version: | gis |
| Severity: | Keywords: | geodjango windows documentation | |
| Cc: | jbronn@… | Triage Stage: | Accepted |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
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.
Change History (8)
comment:1 by , 17 years ago
comment:2 by , 17 years ago
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).
comment:3 by , 17 years ago
| Cc: | added |
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| Keywords: | geodjango windows documentation added |
| Owner: | changed from to |
| Summary: | GeoDjango dependencies on Windows → GeoDjango Documentation for Windows |
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
| Version: | SVN → other branch |
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).
comment:4 by , 17 years ago
| Summary: | GeoDjango Documentation for Windows → [gis] GeoDjango Documentation for Windows |
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comment:5 by , 17 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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comment:6 by , 17 years ago
| Status: | new → assigned |
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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.
comment:7 by , 17 years ago
| Version: | other branch → gis |
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comment:8 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
See the Windows installation instructions that use the new GeoDjango Installer for Windows.
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)