Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of PostGIS20ReleaseAnnouncement


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Apr 3, 2012, 9:42:01 AM (12 years ago)
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  • PostGIS20ReleaseAnnouncement

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    2 The PostGIS development team is super excited,
    3 can hardly believe that they are actually doing this
    4 , aren't maybe even sure that they are ready to
    5 make this kind of commitment, not so young
    6 , and not when we have so much more living to do but:
     1The PostGIS development team is super excited, can hardly believe that they are actually doing this, aren't maybe even sure that they are ready to make this kind of commitment, not so young, and not when we have so much more living to do, but:
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    83PostGIS 2.0.0 is complete and available for download.
    … …  
    105  http://postgis.org/download/postgis-2.0.0.tar.gz
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    12 The development process for 2.0 has been very long
    13 , but has resulted in a release
    14 with a number of exciting new features.
     7The development process for 2.0 has been very long, but has resulted in a release with a number of exciting new features.
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    16  * new types (3D types, raster, topogeom)
    17  * PostgreSQL typmod for geometry
    18  * improved index support (nd-index, KNN gist)
    19  * more vector functions including 3D measurement/output
    20  * seamless raster / vector operations
    21  * sql-mm topology
    22  * 9.1+ extensions support
     9 * Raster data and raster/vector analysis in the database
     10 * Topological models to handle objects with shared boundaries
     11 * PostgreSQL typmod integration, for an automagical geometry_columns table
     12 * 3D and 4D indexing
     13 * Index-based nearest-neighbour searching
     14 * Many more vector functions including
     15   * ST_Clip
     16   * ST_MakeValid
     17   * ST_OffsetCurve
     18   * ST_AsX3D
     19   * ST_3DDistance
     20 * Integration with the PostgreSQL 9.1 extension system
    2321 * Improved commandline shapefile loader/dumper
    24  * Addition of export and multi file import
    25    for GUI loader/dumper
    26  * tiger geocoder + loader supporting 2010 census
     22 * Multi-file support in the shapefile GUI
     23 * Table export support in the shapefile GUI
     24 * A geo-coder optimized for free US Census TIGER (2010) data
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    28 We are greatly indebted to our large
    29 community of beta testers
    30 who valiantly taste tested PostGIS 2.0.0
    31 and reported bugs
    32 so we could squash them before release time.
     26We are greatly indebted to our large community of beta testers who valiantly tested PostGIS 2.0.0 and reported bugs so we could squash them before release time.
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    34 And also
    35 we want to thank our parents
    36 for making PostGIS possible.
     28And also we want to thank our parents for making PostGIS possible.
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    3830Yours,