Обсуждение: how to use PostGIS with Postgres

We have PostGIS 1.1.1 installed  and I am trying to get it to work with
Postgres8.1.1 on our system.

Could some one give me a small sample script that lets me connect to
postgis from Postgres?

I have never used postgis before. I need to test its geo-spatial
functionality with Postgres.

Thanks a lot,

Yantao

On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 01:54:06PM -0500, Yantao Shi wrote:
> We have PostGIS 1.1.1 installed  and I am trying to get it to work with
> Postgres8.1.1 on our system.
>
> Could some one give me a small sample script that lets me connect to
> postgis from Postgres?
>
> I have never used postgis before. I need to test its geo-spatial
> functionality with Postgres.

PostGIS is just a set of extensions on top of PostgreSQL. As long as you
don't create any namespace collisions, you can use a PostGIS database
exactly the same as if it was just a PostgreSQL database (which of
course it is).
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 01:54:06PM -0500, Yantao Shi wrote:
> We have PostGIS 1.1.1 installed  and I am trying to get it to work with
> Postgres8.1.1 on our system.
>
> Could some one give me a small sample script that lets me connect to
> postgis from Postgres?

PostGIS is a third-party extension to PostgreSQL; it's a set of
data types, functions, and operators that you load into PostgreSQL
and then use with ordinary SQL.  It also has command-line programs
for importing and exporting ESRI Shapefile data.  See the PostGIS
documentation for installation instructions and usage examples:

http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/

I'd recommend subscribing to the postgis-users mailing list in
addition to the PostgreSQL lists.  The PostgreSQL lists are good
for general help with the database, but the PostGIS list is better
if you have PostGIS-specific questions.

http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users

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Michael Fuhr