On Aug 17, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Reinout van Rees wrote: > Hi all, > > Not sure if this is the best place, but I'm installing mapnik and its > geodjango friends on windows. Everything I do is normally on ubuntu, so it > took me about a day... > > Remaining problem: the geo database is oracle, so apparently I need the > "geos" library.
The GEOS library is likely only required if you are using PostGIS as the backend. But, I've never used Oracle so I can't say for sure. > The error I'm getting is: > > ImproperlyConfigured: Could not import user-defined GEOMETRY_BACKEND "geos". Hmm, I would ask about this on IRC at #geodjango or on the geodjango mailing list as this has nothing to do with Mapnik. > > Well, I didn't install the geos library yet. But I cannot find a windows > installable for that. Either I'm blind or nobody uses oracle+geo stuff on > windows :-) > I recommend postgres. > a) Do I really need that geos library? Or could there be something wrong with > the oracle installation (like missing geo templates whatever). > > b) Where can I grab a windows installer for GEOS? > > > In the meantime I'll prepare the cup of poison for the customer that demands > windows "as it is easier for their IT department" :-) > > > Reinout > > -- > Reinout van Rees - [email protected] - http://reinout.vanrees.org > Programmer at http://www.nelen-schuurmans.nl > "Military engineers build missiles. Civil engineers build targets" > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
