PostGIS is an open source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. It adds support for geographic objects, allowing location queries to be run in SQL. PostGIS enables PostgreSQL to store, query, and manipulate spatial data efficiently.
PostGIS is an open source software program that adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. PostGIS follows the Simple Features for SQL specification from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This enables PostgreSQL to store, query, and manipulate spatial data efficiently.
Key capabilities and features of PostGIS include:
With PostGIS, PostgreSQL can store geographic objects like points, lines, polygons, track locations, image raster datasets and perform spatial queries, analysis and advanced processing on this data within the SQL environment. It is used to build geospatial databases and systems in areas like mapping, navigation, analytics and more.
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