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diff --git a/geography/postgresql81-postgis/DESCR b/geography/postgresql81-postgis/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e4ea7b92ee3 --- /dev/null +++ b/geography/postgresql81-postgis/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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/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 + |