PostGIS

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Spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. Adds support for geographic objects and spatial queries.

Alternative to ArcGIS

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License

GPL-2.0

Founded

2001

About

PostGIS is a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database. It adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to be run in SQL. PostGIS is the most popular open-source spatial database.

Features

Spatial types and indexes for PostgreSQL
Hundreds of spatial SQL functions
Raster and topology support
Geocoding and address standardizer extensions

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Details

Type: Database
Pricing: open-source
License: GPL-2.0

Built with

PostgreSQL