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| author | Benjamin Trigona-Harany <slackbuilds@jaxartes.net> | 2014-02-02 06:56:11 +0700 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2014-02-02 02:09:51 -0600 |
| commit | ad9c858ef06e72f736f510a3426ffd0d877f885c (patch) | |
| tree | 5e1490940982a2ada9d042e8cd853e76e3355dda /gis/postgis/README | |
| parent | 60a71216fb889c7d523203a1386e2a298a0c4333 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-ad9c858ef06e72f736f510a3426ffd0d877f885c.tar.gz | |
gis/postgis: Moved from System category.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/gis/postgis/README b/gis/postgis/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5cd5f3b0bc --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/postgis/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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). + +SFCGAL is an optional dependency for advanced 3D support. +These advanced functions are not included in the postgis +extension, but they can be make available by loading +/usr/share/postgresql/contrib/postgis-2.1/sfcgal.sql. + +To disable the GTK-based graphical interface for shp2pgsql, +set GUI=no. |