Cyril Bazin wrote: > Postgis is only an extension of Postgres which add new classes and new > operations specialised for GIS. > All you should know, is how to build SQL requests for postgres... > > If you want to be familiarised with the GIS, you should try to make > your own little project. > So you will be able to ask more precises questions. > > Cyril > > On 4/3/06, *Albert Leibbrandt* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi > > I need to get myself familiarised with GIS, specifically postgis for > postgres. Can anyone give some advice, or some docs that start at the > beginning. I've tried the postgis mailing list but it does not > seem as > if that list is very active. > > Perhaps you guys know of gis packages for python? > > Thanks > Albert > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> > > I need to create a sphere with a certain size. I have x and y coordinates which I then need to calculated the distances between. I use postgresql, that is why I am looking at postgis.
If anybody knows of any documentation (except for what is on the postgis homepage) please let me know as I seam to have problems with the installation, postgres does not recognize the functions although the functions exist. Thanks Albert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
