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PostGIS - Adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL

PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. It "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server so it can be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS).

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://postgis.refractions.net/
Source tarballhttp://postgis.refractions.net/postgis-0.7.4.tar.gz
Source informationhttp://postgis.refractions.net/download.php
Latest versionhttp://postgis.refractions.net/postgis-current.tar.gz
Version 0.7.4 (stable) released on 2003-02-13
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation
User reference manual available in HTML format from http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/
Support contacts

Help List<postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net> http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
Developer List<postgis-devel@postgis.refractions.net> http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-devel
SupportPaid technical and development available from Refractions Research at http://www.refractions.net/servdetail/index.php?file=6-PostGIS.data

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
Contributors
  • See the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list

Related information

Source repository:pserver:cvs@postgis.refractions.net:/home/cvs/postgis password: cvs http://postgis.refractions.net/postgis-cvs.tar.gz
InterfacesX Window System
Source languagesC
Related programsGMT, GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System), gstat

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-09-05
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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