PostGIS 3.0.2, 2.5.5, 2.4.9 Released

Aug 15, 2020 release 2.4 2.5 3

The PostGIS development team is pleased to provide bug fix and performance enhancements 3.0.2, 2.5.5, 2.4.9 for the 3.0, 2.5, and 2.4 stable branches.

3.0.2 This release works with PostgreSQL 9.5-13beta2 and GEOS >= 3.6 Designed to take advantage of features in PostgreSQL 12+ and Proj 6+

2.5.5 This release supports PostgreSQL 9.3-12 You are encouraged to use the PostGIS 3.0.2 with PostgreSQL 12 instead of 2.5 because 3.0 has features specifically designed to take advantage of features new in PostgreSQL 12.

2.4.9 This release supports PostgreSQL 9.3-10.

View all closed tickets for 3.0.2, 2.5.5, 2.4.9.

After installing the binaries or after running pg_upgrade:

For PostGIS 2.5 and 3.0 do:

SELECT postgis_extensions_upgrade();

For PostGIS 2.4 do:

ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE;

– if you use the other extensions packaged with postgis – make sure to upgrade those as well

ALTER EXTENSION postgis_sfcgal UPDATE;
ALTER EXTENSION postgis_topology UPDATE;
ALTER EXTENSION postgis_tiger_geocoder UPDATE;

If you use legacy.sql or legacy_minimal.sql, make sure to rerun the version packaged with these releases.