# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler-------------------------------------------------------| postgis: PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL. postgis: postgis: PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL postgis: object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the postgis: PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial postgis: database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's postgis: SDE or Oracle's Spatial extension. postgis: postgis: http://postgis.refractions.net/ postgis: postgis: