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PostGIS - Geographic Information Systems Extensions to PostgreSQL
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VERSION: 1.1.0 (2005/12/??)
MORE INFORMATION: http://postgis.refractions.net
This distribution contains a module which implements GIS simple
features, ties the features to rtree indexing, and provides some
spatial functions for accessing and analyzing geographic data.
Directory structure:
./ Build scripts and install directions.
./lwgeom Library source code.
./jdbc2 Extensions to the PostgreSQL JDBC drivers to support
the GIS objects.
./doc PostGIS Documentation
./loader A program to convert ESRI Shape files into SQL text
suitable for uploading into a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database
and a program for converting PostGIS spatial tables into
Shape files..
./utils Utility scripts for PostGIS (upgrade, profiling, ...)
./extras Various pieces that didn't belong to mainstream
(package management specfiles, WFS_locks, sample wkb parser)
./regress Regression tests
See PostGIS Manual (doc/html/postgis.html) for build, installation
and usage instructions.