About Windows Support
Below are the official stable installs. For those who want to try out interim windows builds, PostGIS Gui PgAdmin III plug-in, and WKT Raster binaries, please refer to Windows Experimental Builds
PostGIS Installers
Note that we currently only have 32-bit binaries available and no production binaries available for PostgreSQL 9.0. If you are running PostgreSQL 9.0, refer to the experimental section, were we currenlty have binaries available for latest PostGIS 2.0.0 alpha and upcoming PostGIS 1.5.2 as well as PostGIS raster support for PostgreSQL 9.0 32-bit.
PostGIS 1.5.1 Last Stable of PostGIS 1.5.1 series Released March 11th, 2010
We also have binaries without installer for expert users.
- GEOS 3.2.0
- PROJ 4.6.1 including proj-datumshift-1.4.zip
- libiconv support for shapefile loader (shp2pgsql)
Shapefile commandline and Graphical loader (shp2pgsql, shp2pgsql-gui).
The gui you can find in the bin/postgisgui folder and the installer will prompt to enable it as a plugin in PgAdmin III.
- PostGIS documentation as a single PDF file
- PostGIS JDBC driver
- Experimental topology support
PostGIS 1.5.0 Shp2pgsql-gui ESRI Shapefile and DBF Loader Graphical User Interface
These are just the binaries for PostGIS 1.5.0 new PostGIS Shapefile and DBF File loader graphical user interface. You can use it as a plugin for PgAdmin III even if you don't have PostgreSQL installed on your desktop. Details on how it works and how to get going with it can be found here
Even if you don't have PostGIS 1.5.0 installed, you can still enjoy the ease of use of this tool with your PostGIS 1.3 or PostGIS 1.4 server installs. Perfect for students, people new to PostGIS, or for casual data loading while you are in PgAdmin.
PostGIS Shp2PgSQL Graphical LoaderFor PostgreSQL 8.3 and 8.4 Users
PostGIS is now included as part of the new PostgreSQL StackBuilder architecture. The latest version can be installed by going to Start -> Programs -> PostgreSQL 8.4 -> Application Stack Builder. Select your PostgreSQL installation from the list and then click "Next". The latest version of PostGIS will appear under the "Spatial Extensions" category (it may not be up quite yet but should be in the next week or so)
If you wish to install PostGIS offline, the same installers available through the StackBuilder can be downloaded here (or possibly at pgfoundary.org):
| [+] | PostGIS 1.5.1 release for PostgreSQL 8.4 (inc. GEOS 3.2.0/PROJ 4.6.1 ~11Mb) |
| Older Releases | |
| PostGIS 1.5.0 release for PostgreSQL 8.4 | |
| PostGIS 1.4.2 release for PostgreSQL 8.4 | |
| PostGIS 1.4.1 release for PostgreSQL 8.4 | |
| PostGIS 1.4.0 release for PostgreSQL 8.4 |
For PostgreSQL 8.2 Users
Important!
- The Windows version of PostgreSQL includes PostGIS as an optional component.
- Because PostgreSQL is released on a different schedule from PostGIS, the PostGIS component in the official PostgreSQL Windows installer is often older than the PostGIS available here.
- If you want the latest PostgreSQL and the latest PostGIS at the same time, install PostgreSQL without PostGIS. Then get the PostGIS installer from here and install it seperately.
If you installed PostGIS 1.1.6/1.1.7 as part of the PostgreSQL windows installer you must remove it first. Start the PostgreSQL install program and select Modify to remove the PostGIS installation.
If you already were using PostGIS 1.1.6/1.1.7 you will need to perform a "soft upgrade" on the existing 1.1.x tables and functions. See the documentation for more information about the upgrade process.
For PostgreSQL 8.1 Users
WARNING: Support for PostGIS on Windows PostgreSQL < 8.2 is deprecated, and will end with the last 1.3.x release. Please upgrade as soon as possible.If you installed PostGIS 1.0.4 as part of the PostgreSQL windows installer you must remove it first. Start the PostgreSQL install program and select Modify to remove the PostGIS installation.
If you already were using PostGIS 1.0.4 you will need to perform a "soft upgrade" on the existing 1.0.x tables and functions. See the documentation for more information about the upgrade process.
For PostgreSQL 8.0 Users
WARNING: Support for PostGIS on Windows PostgreSQL < 8.2 is deprecated, and will end with the last 1.3.x release. Please upgrade as soon as possible.The official PostgreSQL 8.0 installer included PostGIS 0.9.1 (a database dump and restore "hard upgrade" must be done in order to upgrade from 0.9.1). Please read the documentation for more information about the upgrade process.
NSIS Installer source files
The source code for the Windows NSIS installer is released under the GPL and may be of interest to people who wish to distribute their own versions of PostGIS. Please select which version of the source code you wish to download from the selection below:
PostGIS Binaries
Current Version: PostGIS 1.5.1 - released March 11th, 2010
Please read the enclosed ReadMe.txt for information about installing, upgrading old installs
These binaries include the following:
- postgis-1.5.dll
- shp2pgsql, pgsql2shp command line tools
- shp2pgsql-gui graphical loader with instructions for configuring as a PgAdmin III plugin.
- GEOS 3.2.0
- PROJ 4.6.1 including proj-datumshift-1.4.zip
- libiconv support for shapefile loader (shp2pgsql) -- note using the libiconv-2.dll that is packaged with PostgreSQL 8.4/8.3 is fine (the one in here is slightly newer).
PostGIS 1.4.2 - released March 11th, 2010
Please read the enclosed ReadMe.txt for information about installing, upgrading old installs, and migrating to 8.4 1.4 from older 8.3/8.2 installs
These binaries include the following:
- postgis-1.4.dll
- shp2pgsql, pgsql2shp command line tools
- GEOS 3.2.0
- PROJ 4.6.1 including proj-datumshift-1.4.zip
- libiconv support for shapefile loader (shp2pgsql) -- note using the libiconv-2.dll that is packaged with PostgreSQL 8.4/8.3 is fine (the one in here is slightly newer but probably preferable to use the PostgreSQL packaged version). We may take this file out in later versions to minimize confusion.