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diff --git a/system/postgis/slack-desc b/system/postgis/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6ab66cf4e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/postgis/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# 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: |