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diff --git a/gis/postgis/slack-desc b/gis/postgis/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42451ec521 --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/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 ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +postgis: PostGIS (support for geographic objects in PostgreSQL) +postgis: +postgis: PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL +postgis: database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL +postgis: server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for +postgis: geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's SDE or +postgis: Oracle's Spatial extension. +postgis: +postgis: http://postgis.org +postgis: +postgis: |