Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of GeoDjangoInstall

Timestamp:

Dec 8, 2007, 9:29:38 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jbronn

Comment:

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GeoDjangoInstall

@@ -52 +52 @@
 # make install
 }}}
+ * '''Note:''' The path to the GEOS library may be manually specified by setting `GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH` in your settings with the full path to the GEOS library (e.g., the `.so` or `.dylib` file).
 
 === PROJ.4 ===
@@ -98 +99 @@
 ogr2ogr -t_srs WGS84 output.shp input.shp
 }}}
- * Latest [http://www.gdal.org/download.html GDAL] version is 1.4.2.  Configure with GEOS then make (use {{{gmake}}} on Solaris platforms) and install:
+ * Latest [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource GDAL] version is 1.4.2.  Configure with GEOS then make (use {{{gmake}}} on Solaris platforms) and install:
 {{{
 $ ./configure --with-geos
@@ -104 +105 @@
 # make install
 }}}
- * As of r5397 there's a `ctypes` layer for GDAL/OGR, no additional Python bindings are needed.  
- * If you still want to use the GDAL Python API for your own applications, then the following configuration flags:
+ * '''Note:''' The path to the GDAL library may be manually specified by setting `GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH` in your settings with the full path to the GDAL library (e.g., the `.so` or `.dylib` file).
+ * !GeoDjango uses a native `ctypes` API to access OGR and OSR capabilities, there is no need configure the GDAL Python bindings.  If you still want to use the GDAL Python API for your own applications, then use the following configuration flags:
    * `--with-python` `--without-ngpython`: the deprecated, but stable API.
    * `--without-python` `--with-ngpython`: the "next-generation" SWIG-based bindings -- used to problematic for Python 2.5 users, but the GDAL team has solved a lot of these issues in 1.4.2.
@@ -162 +163 @@
 After PostGIS has installed, copy the GEOS (`libgeos-3-0-0rc4.dll`, `libgeos_c-1.dll`), and PROJ (`libproj.dll`) libraries from `C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin` (or wherever you installed PostgreSQL) to a location accessible to the Python interpreter (''e.g.'', `C:\Python25\DLLs`, or `C:\Python25`).
 
+'''Note:''' The path to the GEOS library may be manually specified by setting `GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH` in your settings with the full path of the DLL.
+
 === GDAL/OGR ===
 
@@ -168 +171 @@
 
 A snapshot (0.9.0 Preview-2) windows installer of [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS] (QGIS) can be obtained from [http://download.qgis.org/qgis/win32/qgis_setup0.9.0.01_09_2007.exe here]. Once installed, copy all the DLLs from `C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS` to `C:\Python25`: Do not overwrite any dlls that come from PostGIS.
+
+'''Note:''' The path to the GDAL library may be manually specified by setting `GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH` in your settings with the full path of the DLL.
 
 == Oracle ==