PostGIS 2.0.0 Released
Posted on 2012-04-13 by PostGIS PSC
PostGIS is an extension that adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. The version 2.0.0 is now complete and available for download here :
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The development process for 2.0 has been very long, but has resulted in a release with a number of exciting new features.
- Raster data and raster/vector analysis in the database
- Topological models to handle objects with shared boundaries
- PostgreSQL typmod integration, for an automagical geometry_columns table
- 3D and 4D indexing
- Index-based high performance nearest-neighbour searching
- Many more vector functions including
- ST_Split
- ST_Node
- ST_MakeValid
- ST_OffsetCurve
- ST_ConcaveHull
- ST_AsX3D
- ST_GeomFromGeoJSON
- ST_3DDistance
- Integration with the PostgreSQL 9.1 extension system
- Improved commandline shapefile loader/dumper
- Multi-file import support in the shapefile GUI
- Multi-table export support in the shapefile GUI
- A geo-coder optimized for free US Census TIGER (2010) data
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