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- --param chunk.section.depth 0
+ --param chunk.section.depth 0 \
+ --param generate.section.toc.level 1 \
+ --param funcsynopsis.style ansi \
+ --param admon.graphics 1 \
+ --param admon.textlabel 0 \
+ --param simplesect.in.toc 0 \
+ --param use.id.as.filename 1
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<!ENTITY using_postgis SYSTEM "using_postgis.xml">
<!ENTITY performance_tips SYSTEM "performance_tips.xml">
<!ENTITY reference SYSTEM "reference.xml">
+<!ENTITY reference_new SYSTEM "reference_new.xml">
<!ENTITY reporting SYSTEM "reporting.xml">
<!ENTITY release_notes SYSTEM "release_notes.xml">
&using_postgis;
&performance_tips;
&reference;
+ &reference_new;
&reporting;
&release_notes;
<sect1>
<title>OpenGIS Functions</title>
- <sect2>
- <title>Management Functions</title>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry id="AddGeometryColumn">
- <term>AddGeometryColumn(varchar, varchar, varchar, integer, varchar,
- integer)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Syntax: AddGeometryColumn(<schema_name>,
- <table_name>, <column_name>, <srid>,
- <type>, <dimension>). Adds a geometry column to an
- existing table of attributes. The <varname>schema_name</varname>
- is the name of the table schema (unused for pre-schema PostgreSQL
- installations). The <varname>srid</varname> must be an integer
- value reference to an entry in the SPATIAL_REF_SYS table. The
- <varname>type</varname> must be an uppercase string corresponding
- to the geometry type, eg, 'POLYGON' or 'MULTILINESTRING'.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>DropGeometryColumn(varchar, varchar, varchar)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Syntax: DropGeometryColumn(<schema_name>,
- <table_name>, <column_name>). Remove a geometry column
- from a spatial table. Note that schema_name will need to match the
- f_schema_name field of the table's row in the geometry_columns
- table.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_SetSRID(geometry, integer)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Set the SRID on a geometry to a particular integer value.
- Useful in constructing bounding boxes for queries.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </sect2>
-
<sect2>
<title>Geometry Relationship Functions</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Distance(A geometry, B geometry)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Return the cartesian distance between two geometries in
- projected units. Does not use indexes.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_DWithin(A geometry, B geometry, sriddistance float)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Returns true if geometries are within the specified sriddistance
- of one another. sriddistance is in units defined by the spatial reference system and both
- geometries must have the same SRID.
- Uses indexes if available.</para>
-
- <programlisting>
---Find the nearest hospital to each school
---that is within 3000 units of the school.
--- We do an ST_DWithin search to utilize indexes to limit our search list
--- that the non-indexable ST_Distance needs to process
---If the units of the spatial reference is meters then units would be meters
-SELECT DISTINCT ON (s.gid) s.gid, s.school_name, s.the_geom, h.hospital_name
- FROM schools s
- LEFT JOIN hospitals h ON ST_DWithin(s.the_geom, h.the_geom, 3000)
- ORDER BY s.gid, ST_Distance(s.the_geom, h.the_geom);
- </programlisting>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_Equals(geometry, geometry)</term>
<title>Management Functions</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>DropGeometryTable([<schema_name>],
- <table_name>)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Drops a table and all its references in geometry_columns.
- Note: uses current_schema() on schema-aware pgsql installations if
- schema is not provided.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>UpdateGeometrySRID([<schema_name>], <table_name>,
<column_name>, <srid>)</term>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_distance_sphere(point, point)</term>
+ <varlistentry id="ST_Distance_Sphere">
+ <term>ST_Distance_Sphere(point, point)</term>
<listitem>
<para>Returns linear distance in meters between two lat/lon
points. Uses a spherical earth and radius of 6370986 meters.
Faster than <link
- linkend="distance_spheroid">distance_spheroid()</link>, but less
+ linkend="ST_Distance_Spheroid">ST_Distance_Spheroid()</link>, but less
accurate. Only implemented for points.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="distance_spheroid">
- <term>ST_distance_spheroid(point, point, spheroid)</term>
+ <varlistentry id="ST_Distance_Spheroid">
+ <term>ST_Distance_Spheroid(point, point, spheroid)</term>
<listitem>
<para>Returns linear distance between two lat/lon points given a
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_distance(geometry, geometry)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Returns the smaller distance between two geometries.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_max_distance(linestring,linestring)</term>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="ST_Transform">
<term>ST_Transform(geometry,integer)</term>
<listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Distance</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Return the distance between two geometries.</para>
-
- <para>SQL-MM 3: 5.1.23</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_EndPoint</term>
--- /dev/null
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<chapter>
+ <title>PostGIS Reference</title>
+
+ <para>The functions given below are the ones which a user of PostGIS is
+ likely to need. There are other functions which are required support
+ functions to the PostGIS objects which are not of use to a general
+ user.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>PostGIS has begun a transition from the existing naming convention
+ to an SQL-MM-centric convention. As a result, most of the functions that
+ you know and love have been renamed using the standard spatial type (ST)
+ prefix. Previous functions are still available, though are not listed in
+ this document where updated functions are equivalent. These will be
+ deprecated in a future release.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Management Functions</title>
+
+ <refentry id="AddGeometryColumn">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>AddGeometryColumn</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Adds a geometry column to an existing table of
+ attributes.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>AddGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>dimension</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>AddGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>dimension</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>AddGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>catalog_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>dimension</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Adds a geometry column to an existing table of attributes. The
+ <varname>schema_name</varname> is the name of the table schema (unused
+ for pre-schema PostgreSQL installations). The <varname>srid</varname>
+ must be an integer value reference to an entry in the SPATIAL_REF_SYS
+ table. The <varname>type</varname> must be an uppercase string
+ corresponding to the geometry type, eg, 'POLYGON' or
+ 'MULTILINESTRING'.</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting>
+-- Create a new simple PostgreSQL table
+postgis=# CREATE TABLE my_schema.my_spatial_table (id serial);
+
+-- Describing the table shows a simple table with a single "id" column.
+postgis=# \d my_schema.my_spatial_table
+ Table "my_schema.my_spatial_table"
+ Column | Type | Modifiers
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ id | integer | not null default nextval('my_schema.my_spatial_table_id_seq'::regclass)
+
+-- Add a spatial column to the table
+postgis=# SELECT AddGeometryColumn ('my_schema','my_spatial_table','the_geom',4326,'POINT',2);
+
+-- Describe the table again reveals the addition of a new "the_geom" column.
+postgis=# \d my_schema.my_spatial_table
+ Table "my_schema.my_spatial_table"
+ Column | Type | Modifiers
+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ id | integer | not null default nextval('my_schema.my_spatial_table_id_seq'::regclass)
+ the_geom | geometry |
+Check constraints:
+ "enforce_dims_the_geom" CHECK (ndims(the_geom) = 2)
+ "enforce_geotype_the_geom" CHECK (geometrytype(the_geom) = 'POINT'::text OR the_geom IS NULL)
+ "enforce_srid_the_geom" CHECK (srid(the_geom) = 4326)
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="DropGeometryColumn"/>, <xref linkend="DropGeometryTable"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="DropGeometryColumn">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DropGeometryColumn</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Removes a geometry column from a spatial
+ table.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>DropGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>DropGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>DropGeometryColumn</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>catalog_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Removes a geometry column from a spatial table. Note that
+ schema_name will need to match the f_schema_name field of the table's
+ row in the geometry_columns table.</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="AddGeometryColumn"/>, <xref linkend="DropGeometryTable"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="DropGeometryTable">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>DropGeometryTable</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Drops a table and all its references in
+ geometry_columns.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>DropGeometryTable</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>DropGeometryTable</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Drops a table and all its references in geometry_columns. Note:
+ uses current_schema() on schema-aware pgsql installations if schema is
+ not provided.</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="AddGeometryColumn"/>, <xref linkend="DropGeometryColumn"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="UpdateGeometrySRID">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>UpdateGeometrySRID</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Updates the SRID of all features in a geometry
+ column</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>UpdateGeometrySRID</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>UpdateGeometrySRID</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>text <function>UpdateGeometrySRID</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>catalog_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>schema_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>table_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type>
+ <parameter>column_name</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Updates the SRID of all features in a geometry column, updating
+ constraints and reference in geometry_columns. Note: uses
+ current_schema() on schema-aware pgsql installations if schema is not
+ provided.</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_SetSRID"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Geometry Constructors</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Geometry Accessors</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Geometry Editors</title>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_SetSRID">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_SetSRID</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Sets the SRID on a geometry to a particular integer
+ value.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_SetSRID</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type>
+ <parameter>geom</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>integer </type>
+ <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Sets the SRID on a geometry to a particular integer value.
+ Useful in constructing bounding boxes for queries.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>This function does not transform the geometry is any way -
+ it simply sets the projection the geometry that it's currently in.
+ Use <xref linkend="ST_Transform"/> if you want to transform the
+ geometry into a new projection.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_Transform"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ </refentry>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Geometry Outputs</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Operators</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Spatial Relationships</title>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_Distance">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_Distance</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Returns the cartesian distance between two geometries in
+ projected units.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_Distance</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type>
+ <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type>
+ <parameter>g2</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Returns the cartesian distance between two geometries in
+ projected units.</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sql_mm_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3: 5.1.23
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting>postgis=# SELECT ST_Distance('POINT(0 0)'::geometry, 'LINESTRING ( 2 0, 0 2 )'::geometry);
+ st_distance
+-----------------
+ 1.4142135623731
+(1 row)</programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_DWithin"/>, <xref linkend="ST_Distance_Sphere"/>, <xref linkend="ST_Distance_Spheroid"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_DWithin">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_DWithin</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Returns true if the geometries are within the specified
+ distance of one another</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_DWithin</function></funcdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type>
+ <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type>
+ <parameter>g2</parameter></paramdef>
+
+ <paramdef><type>double precision </type>
+ <parameter>distance</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Returns true if the geometries are within the specified distance
+ of one another. The distance is specified in units defined by the
+ spatial reference system of the geometries. For this function to make
+ sense, the source geometries must both be of the same coorindate projection,
+ having the same SRID.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>This function call will automatically include a bounding box
+ comparison that will make use of any indexes that are available on
+ the geometries.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <programlisting>
+--Find the nearest hospital to each school
+--that is within 3000 units of the school.
+-- We do an ST_DWithin search to utilize indexes to limit our search list
+-- that the non-indexable ST_Distance needs to process
+--If the units of the spatial reference is meters then units would be meters
+SELECT DISTINCT ON (s.gid) s.gid, s.school_name, s.the_geom, h.hospital_name
+ FROM schools s
+ LEFT JOIN hospitals h ON ST_DWithin(s.the_geom, h.the_geom, 3000)
+ ORDER BY s.gid, ST_Distance(s.the_geom, h.the_geom);
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_Distance"/></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Spatial Predicates</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Linear Referencing</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Long Transactions Support</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Misc</title>
+ </sect1>
+
+</chapter>
\ No newline at end of file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<appendix id="release_notes">
<title>Appendix</title>
-
- <sect1>
- <title>Release Notes</title>
-
- <sect2>
+ <subtitle>Release Notes</subtitle>
+
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.3.3</title>
<para>Release date: 2008/04/12</para>
KML support, adds a ST_SimplifyPreserveTopology function, makes the
build more sensitive to GEOS versions, and fixes a handful of severe but
rare failure cases.</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.3.2</title>
<para>Release date: 2007/12/01</para>
<para>This release fixes bugs in ST_EndPoint() and ST_Envelope, improves
support for JDBC building and OS/X, and adds better support for GML
output with ST_AsGML(), including GML3 output.</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.3.1</title>
<para>Release date: 2007/08/13</para>
<para>This release fixes some oversights in the previous release around
version numbering, documentation, and tagging.</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.3.0</title>
<para>Release date: 2007/08/09</para>
function names to the SQL-MM convension, using the spatial type (SP)
prefix.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Added Functionality</title>
<para>JDBC: Added Hibernate Dialect (thanks to Norman Barker)</para>
http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2007/06/subtleties-of-ogc-covers-spatial.html</para>
<para>Added ST_DWithin relational function.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Performance Enhancements</title>
<para>Added cached and indexed point-in-polygon short-circuits for the
<para>Added inline index support for relational functions (except
ST_Disjoint)</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other Changes</title>
<para>Extended curved geometry support into the geometry accessor and
using a spatial type (ST) prefix.</para>
<para>Added initial support for PostgreSQL 8.3</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.2.1</title>
<para>Release date: 2007/01/11</para>
<para>This release provides bug fixes in PostgreSQL 8.2 support and some
small performance enhancements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Changes</title>
<para>Fixed point-in-polygon shortcut bug in Within().</para>
JavaDoc is compiled and packaged. Fixed classpath problems with GCJ.
Fixed pgjdbc 8.2 compatibility, losing support for jdk 1.3 and
older.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.2.0</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/12/08</para>
serialization/deserialization capabilities for SQL-MM defined curved
geometries, as well as performance enhancements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Changes</title>
<para>Added curved geometry type support for
<para>Added point-in-polygon shortcircuit to the Contains and Within
functions to improve performance for these cases.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.6</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/11/02</para>
parameters and an improvement in reprojections (take Z in
consideration). Upgrade is <emphasis>encouraged</emphasis>.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>fixed CAPI change that broke 64-bit platforms</para>
<para>loader/dumper: fixed regression tests and usage output</para>
<para>Fixed setSRID() bug in JDBC, thanks to Thomas Marti</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>use Z ordinate in reprojections</para>
<para>Replace hand-made, fragile JDBC version parser with
Properties</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.5</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/10/13</para>
<para>This is an bugfix release, including a critical segfault on win32.
Upgrade is <emphasis>encouraged</emphasis>.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fixed MingW link error that was causing pgsql2shp to segfault on
<para>Fixed version tag in jdbc code that still said "1.1.3" in the
"1.1.4" release.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>New Features</title>
<para>Added -S option for non-multi geometries to shp2pgsql</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.4</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/09/27</para>
<para>This is an bugfix release including some improvements in the Java
interface. Upgrade is <emphasis>encouraged</emphasis>.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fixed support for PostgreSQL 8.2</para>
<para>Fixed regress tests to pass with GEOS-3.0.0</para>
<para>Improved pgsql2shp run concurrency.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Java changes</title>
<para>reworked JTS support to reflect new upstream JTS developers'
<nbarker@ittvis.com></para>
<para>Reorganized java directory layout a little.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.3</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/06/30</para>
(most notably long transaction support) and portability enhancements.
Upgrade is <emphasis>encouraged</emphasis>.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes / correctness</title>
<para>BUGFIX in distance(poly,poly) giving wrong results.</para>
<para>WKT parser: forbidden construction of multigeometries with EMPTY
elements (still supported for GEOMETRYCOLLECTION).</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>New functionalities</title>
<para>NEW Long Transactions support.</para>
<para>NEW DumpRings() function.</para>
<para>NEW AsHEXEWKB(geom, XDR|NDR) function.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>JDBC changes</title>
<para>Improved regression tests: MultiPoint and scientific
<para>Added proper accessor functions for all fields in preparation of
making those fields private later</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>NEW regress test support for loader/dumper.</para>
<para>Don't link pgsql2shp to more libs then required.</para>
<para>Initial support for PostgreSQL 8.2.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.2</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/03/30</para>
portability enhancements. Upgrade is
<emphasis>encouraged</emphasis>.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in SnapToGrid() computation of output bounding box</para>
<para>jdbc2 SRID handling fixes in JTS code</para>
<para>Fixed support for 64bit archs</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>New functionalities</title>
<para>Regress tests can now be run *before* postgis
<para>Embedded access control in estimated_extent() for builds against
pgsql >= 8.0.0</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>More portable ./configure script</para>
<para>Changed ./run_test script to have more sane default
behaviour</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.1</title>
<para>Release date: 2006/01/23</para>
preventing GeometryCollection objects to be used in topological
operations.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later follow the
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fixed a premature exit in postgis_restore.pl</para>
<para>BUGFIX in line_substring()</para>
<para>Added support for localized cluster in regress tester</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>New functionalities</title>
<para>New Z and M interpolation in line_substring()</para>
<para>New Z and M interpolation in line_interpolate_point()</para>
<para>added NumInteriorRing() alias due to OpenGIS ambiguity</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.1.0</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/12/21</para>
GEOS-2.2.x before installing PostGIS, this will ensure future GEOS
upgrades won't require a rebuild of the PostGIS library.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Credits</title>
<para>This release includes code from Mark Cave Ayland for caching of
Devrim GUNDUZ provided RPM specfiles. Carl Anderson helped with the
new area building functions. See the <link
linkend="credits">credits</link> section for more names.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later you
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>New functions</title>
<para>scale() and transscale() companion methods to translate()</para>
<para>RemovePoint(linestring, offset)</para>
<para>ReplacePoint(linestring, offset, point)</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fixed memory leak in polygonize()</para>
<para>Fixed USE_GEOS, USE_PROJ and USE_STATS elements of
postgis_version() output to always reflect library state.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Function semantic changes</title>
<para>SnapToGrid doesn't discard higher dimensions</para>
<para>Changed Z() function to return NULL if requested dimension is
not available</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Performance improvements</title>
<para>Much faster transform() function, caching proj4 objects</para>
<para>Removed automatic call to fix_geometry_columns() in
AddGeometryColumns() and update_geometry_stats()</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>JDBC2 works</title>
<para>Makefile improvements</para>
<para>fix EWKT constructors to accept SRID=4711; representation</para>
<para>added preliminary read-only support for java2d geometries</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other new things</title>
<para>Full autoconf-based configuration, with PostgreSQL source
<para>Debian and RPM specfiles</para>
<para>New lwpostgis_upgrade.sql script</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>JTS support improvements</para>
<para>obsoleted direct use of postgis_proc_upgrade.pl</para>
<para>scripts version unified with release version</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.6</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/12/06</para>
<para>Contains a few bug fixes and improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later you
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fixed palloc(0) call in collection deserializer (only gives
<para>Fixed bug in segmentize()</para>
<para>Fixed bbox computation of SnapToGrid output</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Improvements</title>
<para>Initial support for postgresql 8.2</para>
<para>Added missing SRID mismatch checks in GEOS ops</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.5</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/11/25</para>
conform to unix standards (return 0 on success).</para>
</note>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 or later you
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>Fixed memory alignment problems</para>
<para>Speedup of serializer functions</para>
<para>Fixed a bug in force_3dm(), force_3dz() and force_4d()</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Loader changes</title>
<para>Fixed return code of shp2pgsql</para>
attributes</para>
<para>Segfault fix in shp2pgsql (utf8 encoding)</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>Schema aware postgis_proc_upgrade.pl, support for pgsql
7.2+</para>
<para>New "Reporting Bugs" chapter in manual</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.4</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/09/09</para>
particular, it fixes a memory leak preventing successful build of GiST
indexes for large spatial tables.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.3 you <emphasis>DO
<para>Upgrade from any release prior to 1.0.0RC6 requires an <link
linkend="hard_upgrade">hard upgrade</link>.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Memory leak plugged in GiST indexing</para>
<para>Fixed bug in MakeLine dimension handling</para>
<para>Fixed bug in translate() corrupting output bounding box</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Improvements</title>
<para>Documentation improvements</para>
<para>GiST indexing cleanup</para>
<para>Looser syntax acceptance in box3d parser</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2 id="rel_1.0.3_upgrading">
+ <sect1 id="rel_1.0.3_upgrading">
<title>Release 1.0.3</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/08/08</para>
affecting correctness of stored geometries</emphasis> - and a few
improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>Due to a bug in a bounding box computation routine, the upgrade
no args for syntax help). Optionally run utils/postgis_proc_upgrade.pl
to refresh postgis procedures and functions signatures (see <link
linkend="soft_upgrade">Soft upgrade</link>).</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Severe bugfix in lwgeom's 2d bounding box computation</para>
<para>Bugfix in dumper handling of user-defined queries</para>
<para>Bugfix in create_undef.pl script</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Improvements</title>
<para>Small performance improvement in canonical input function</para>
<para>Improvement in the postgis_restore.pl script</para>
<para>New rebuild_bbox_caches.pl util script</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.2</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/07/04</para>
<para>Contains a few bug fixes and improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.0RC6 or up you
<para>Upgrading from older releases requires a dump/reload. See the
<link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Bug fixes</title>
<para>Fault tolerant btree ops</para>
<para>Cleaner build scripts (avoided mix of CFLAGS and
CXXFLAGS)</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Improvements</title>
<para>New index creation capabilities in loader (-I switch)</para>
<para>Initial support for postgresql 8.1dev</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.1</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/05/24</para>
<para>Contains a few bug fixes and some improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.0RC6 or up you
<para>Upgrading from older releases requires a dump/reload. See the
<link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in 3d computation of length_spheroid()</para>
<para>BUGFIX in join selectivity estimator</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes/additions</title>
<para>BUGFIX in shp2pgsql escape functions</para>
<para>BUGFIX in Paris projections definitions</para>
<para>postgis_restore.pl cleanups</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/04/19</para>
in the loader (most notably support for older postgis versions), and
more docs.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.0RC6 you <emphasis>DO
<para>Upgrading from any other precedent release requires a
dump/reload. See the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link>
chapter for more informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in transform() releasing random memory address</para>
<para>BUGFIX in join selectivity estimator (defaults, leaks,
tuplecount, sd)</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes/additions</title>
<para>BUGFIX in shp2pgsql escape of values starting with tab or
<para>BUGFIX in estimator testers (support for LWGEOM and schema
parsing)</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC6</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/03/30</para>
<para>Sixth release candidate for 1.0.0. Contains a few bug fixes and
cleanups.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>You need a dump/reload to upgrade from precedent releases. See
the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in multi()</para>
<para>early return [when noop] from multi()</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Scripts changes</title>
<para>dropped {x,y}{min,max}(box2d) functions</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in postgis_restore.pl scrip</para>
<para>BUGFIX in dumper's 64bit support</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC5</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/03/25</para>
<para>Fifth release candidate for 1.0.0. Contains a few bug fixes and a
improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>If you are upgrading from release 1.0.0RC4 you <emphasis>DO
<para>Upgrading from any other precedent release requires a
dump/reload. See the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link>
chapter for more informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX (segfaulting) in box3d computation (yes,
another!).</para>
<para>BUGFIX (segfaulting) in estimated_extent().</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>Small build scripts and utilities refinements.</para>
<para>Additional performance tips documented.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC4</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/03/18</para>
<para>Fourth release candidate for 1.0.0. Contains bug fixes and a few
improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>You need a dump/reload to upgrade from precedent releases. See
the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX (segfaulting) in geom_accum().</para>
<para>Consistency check fix in SnapToGrid().</para>
<para>Box2d output changed back to 15 significant digits.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Scripts changes</title>
<para>NEW distance_sphere() function.</para>
<para>Changed get_proj4_from_srid implementation to use PL/PGSQL
instead of SQL.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in loader and dumper handling of MultiLine shapes</para>
<para>improved version handling, central Version.config</para>
<para>improvements in postgis_restore.pl</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC3</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/02/24</para>
<para>Third release candidate for 1.0.0. Contains many bug fixes and
improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>You need a dump/reload to upgrade from precedent releases. See
the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in transform(): missing SRID, better error
<para>Reduced memory usage by early releasing query-context palloced
one.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Scripts changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in 72 index bindings.</para>
<para>Some functions made IMMUTABLE from STABLE, for performance
improvement.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>JDBC changes</title>
<para>jdbc2: small patches, box2d/3d tests, revised docs and
servers.</para>
<para>jdbc2: Fixed handling of measured geometries in EWKT.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>new performance tips chapter in manual</para>
<para>spatial_ref_sys: changed Paris entries to match the ones
distributed with 0.x.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC2</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/01/26</para>
<para>Second release candidate for 1.0.0 containing bug fixes and a few
improvements.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>You need a dump/reload to upgrade from precedent releases. See
the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Library changes</title>
<para>BUGFIX in pointarray box3d computation</para>
<para>Faster binary outputs</para>
<para>Stricter OGC WKB/WKT constructors</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Scripts changes</title>
<para>More correct STABLE, IMMUTABLE, STRICT uses in
lwpostgis.sql</para>
<para>stricter OGC WKB/WKT constructors</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Other changes</title>
<para>Faster and more robust loader (both i18n and not)</para>
<para>Initial autoconf script</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2>
+ <sect1>
<title>Release 1.0.0RC1</title>
<para>Release date: 2005/01/13</para>
internal storage of postgis types redesigned to be smaller and faster on
indexed queries.</para>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Upgrading</title>
<para>You need a dump/reload to upgrade from precedent releases. See
the <link linkend="upgrading">upgrading</link> chapter for more
informations.</para>
- </sect3>
+ </simplesect>
- <sect3>
+ <simplesect>
<title>Changes</title>
<para>Faster canonical input parsing.</para>
<para>PostGIS extension API.</para>
<para>UTF8 support in loader.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
+ </simplesect>
+ </sect1>
</appendix>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<refentry id="ST_MyMethod">
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_MyMethod</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Returns something useful</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_MyMethod</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type> <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type> <parameter>g2</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <!-- an optional second method prototype -->
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_MyMethod</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type> <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef><type>Geometry </type> <parameter>g2</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef><type>varchar </type> <parameter>myparam</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Some useful description here.</para>
+
+ <!-- optionally mention that this function uses indexes if appropriate -->
+ <note>
+ <para>This function call will automatically include a bounding box
+ comparison that will make use of any indexes that are available on the
+ geometries.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <!-- optionally mention OpenGIS compliancy if appropriate -->
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sfs_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the
+ <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
+ Features Implementation Specification for SQL</ulink>
+ </para>
+
+ <!-- optionally mention SQL/MM compliancy if appropriate -->
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic class="sql_mm_compliant" fileref="images/check.png" />
+ This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3: 5.1.23
+ </para>
+
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting></programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_MyMethod2"/>, ...</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+</refentry>
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