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Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:35
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostGIS
On Oct 19, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Bob Pawley wrote:
Can anyone point me to an overview of PostGIS and
how it is being used???
Bob,
PostGIS provides extensions to PostgreSQL's procedural language and
geometric data types so that it can store geo-referenced data, and so that you
can query this data using geo-spatial coordinates.
Software like MapServer (web) and Qgis (desktop) use PostGIS to provide
data in map applications.
The Refractions site already noted is a good start. The MapServer
site is another:
Jim
