From: Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia@denofr.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:23:08 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: add recommendation for Postgis 3+
X-Git-Tag: v4.0.0~20^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/commitdiff_plain/98ee5def377b2551fc7324625eed2e24eb0f2c68

add recommendation for Postgis 3+
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diff --git a/docs/admin/Installation.md b/docs/admin/Installation.md
index 0258b8ff..2ae594ba 100644
--- a/docs/admin/Installation.md
+++ b/docs/admin/Installation.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ and can't offer support.
 
 ### Software
 
+!!! Warning
+    For larger installations you **must have** PostgreSQL 11+ and Postgis 3+
+    otherwise import and queries will be slow to the point of being unusable.
+
 For compiling:
 
   * [cmake](https://cmake.org/)
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ For compiling:
 For running Nominatim:
 
   * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (9.5+ will work, 11+ strongly recommended)
-  * [PostGIS](https://postgis.net) (2.2+)
+  * [PostGIS](https://postgis.net) (2.2+ will work, 3.0+ strongly recommended)
   * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/) (3.6+)
   * [Psycopg2](https://www.psycopg.org) (2.7+)
   * [Python Dotenv](https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv)