David Blasby and Chris Hodgson, primary developers of the PostGIS open source spatial database, will be giving a three-hour workshop at the Mapserver Users Meeting. The user meeting is taking place at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, June 6-7, and the workshop will be focusing on the SQL and map-file syntax for …

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We have released a 0.7.5 version with all the latest bug fixes from the CVS, mostly concentrated in obscure cases in the shp2pgsql loader. The CVS version is now in flux pending the release of the 0.8 series, which will feature the first spatial predicates and operators, via a link to the GEOS spatial topology library. …

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PgHoster has started offering PostGIS-enabled web hosting packages. For those of you who want the great taste of PostGIS without all the fun of compiling it yourself.

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PostGIS 0.7.4 has been released. This release is a maintenance release, including some important bug fixes to the shp2pgsql data loader and miscellaneous fixes and code scrubbing throughout the system. Version 7.3.X of PostgreSQL is now supported, although explicit support for "schemas" has not been added yet. The …

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The CVS version now supports PostgreSQL version 7.3. This is currently untested beta support, so use at your own risk and report bugs to the mailing list.

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Version 0.7.3 includes an important bug fix to the postgis.sql install file which is necessary for a successful install. Also some minor enhancements added since the release of 0.7.2 in automatic detection of required GiST bindings and an enhancement to transform() to support BOX3D types.

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Version 0.7.2 includes a number of fixes to the pgsql2shp and shp2pgsql support programs. Some fixes in obscure functions and a little bit of preparation for PgSQL 7.3 are also included.

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The August 2002 issue of GeoWorld magazine includes a feature article by Paul Ramsey reviewing open source GIS technology, specifically PostGIS/PostgreSQL and UMN Mapserver.

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PostGIS developers Dave Blasby and Chris Hodgson will be attending the Ottawa Symposium on GeoSpatial Theory from July 8-11, 2002. If you are attending also, you can find them at the DM Solutions booth on the trade show floor, and ask them all your PostGIS questions. In addition to answering your questions, Dave and …

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The June 2002 issue of Geospatial Solutions magazine includes a column by Jonathan Lowe reviewing open source GIS technology, with some great references to UMN Mapserver and PostGIS/PostgreSQL.

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