pkgsrc-wip/postgresql80-postgis/DESCR
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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 for GIS.
PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:
* Simple Features as defined by the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC)
* Support for Well-Known Text and Well-Known Binary
representations of GIS objects
* Fast spatial indexing using GiST
* Geospatial analysis functions
* PostgreSQL JDBC extension objects corresponding to the
geometries
* Support for OGC access functions as defined by the Simple
Features Specification
and few more.....