The PostGIS 1.5.0 windows installer is now up on Stack Builder. New major change to it is that it is packaged with the shp2pgsql-gui graphical shape file loader which allows you to import shapefiles directly from PgAdmin III and reads the connection settings of your selected database automagically :).
For PostgreSQL 8.4 users, this should automatically enable itself as a plugin in the PgAdmin III packaged with PostgreSQL 8.4 if you select "Yes" to the new prompt. If you happen to use a windows desktop (and are using PgAdmin 1.10+) , but have your PostgreSQL installed on a separate server (Linux or Windows) or you are running only PostGIS 1.4 or lower, you can still use the plugin By downloading it separately from http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/ (PostGIS Shp2PgSQL Graphical Loader) Or alternatively just copy the postgisgui folder (from bin of a PostgreSQL windows install) and overwrite your PgAdmin III plugins.ini with the plugins.postgis.ini included in the PostgreSQL/.../PgAdminIII/ folder On a slightly unrelated note: Mike Leahy was gracious enough to package a PL/R windows installer for 8.3 and 8.4. Those who've been waiting for PL/R to work again on PostgreSQL windows -- wait no longer. For those who have been thinking of a good execuse toe start writing PL/R stored functions, give it a try. Its great and a great companion for PostGIS. Those unfortunately are not available on Stack Builder, but you can download them from: http://www.joeconway.com/plr/ Thanks, Regina and Leo _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
