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PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL | |||||
object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" | |||||
the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial | |||||
database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's | |||||
SDE or Oracle's Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS | |||||
"Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has been certified as | |||||
compliant with the "Types and Functions" profile. | |||||
PostGIS development was started by Refractions Research as a project | |||||
in open source spatial database technology. PostGIS is released | |||||
under the GNU General Public License. PostGIS continues to be | |||||
developed by a group of contributors led by a Project Steering | |||||
Committee and new features continue to be added. | |||||
WWW: http://postgis.net/ |