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diff --git a/system/postgis/README b/system/postgis/README index 6cc5c4097e..175b53819a 100644 --- a/system/postgis/README +++ b/system/postgis/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -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 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. -This requires postgresql. +PostGIS requires PostgreSQL, proj and geos. |