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PostGIS 1.3.6 Release

The 1.3.6 release of PostGIS is now available. This release includes several bug fixes and enhancements

  • New Features
    • Trac#34: pgsql2shp now creates .prj files where applicable(Regina Obe)
  • Enhancements and Bug Fixes
    • Improve PostgreSQL 8.4 compile support (Talha Rizwan, Mark Cave-Ayland)
    • Numerous fixes for CURVE handling in many functions (Mark Cave-Ayland, Mark Leslie)
    • Trac#88: Windows Vista pgsql2shp memory bug (Regina Obe)
    • Trac#146: for distance calculation on collections (Nicklas Aven, Paul Ramsey)
    • Trac#116: crashers for rare EWKB cases (Paul Ramsey)
    • Fix to address an SRID of -1 in probe_geometry_columns (Kevin Neufeld)
    • Trac#99: shp2pgsql logical error when importing DBF-only (Regina Obe)
    • Trac#105: pgsql2shp dbase file creation (EOF marker issue) (Paul Ramsey)
    • Improved error handling with AddGeometryColumn (Kevin Neufeld)
    • General documentation improvements and corrections for better handling with PDF DbLatex (Regina Obe, Kevin Neufeld)