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version we have in pkgsrc. Fixes failure of library to find geos/proj prerequisites. PKGREVISION++
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PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL
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object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the
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PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial
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database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's
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SDE or Oracle's Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS "Simple
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Features Specification for SQL" and has been certified as compliant
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with the "Types and Functions" profile. PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes
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the following functionality:
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* Simple Features as defined by the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC)
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* Support for Well-Known Text and Well-Known Binary
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representations of GIS objects
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* Fast spatial indexing using GiST
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* Geospatial analysis functions
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* PostgreSQL JDBC extension objects corresponding to the
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geometries
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* Support for OGC access functions as defined by the Simple
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Features Specification
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