[Portugal] What's Coming in PostGIS 2.0

[Hugo Martins]

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PostGIS 2.0 via Slashgeo.org by Satri on 4/8/11

If I'm not mistaken, we mentioned only once the upcoming PostGIS 2.0 in
the past. Via Kurt, I learned about this excellent article on what's
coming in PostGIS 2.0.

 From the article: "This 2.0 release is poised to be an important
milestone not just for speed and stability reasons, but because it
extends the database into three new areas: raster data, topology, and
3D. [...] With 2.0, its [PostGIS Raster] functionality will be fully
integrated into the main application. Naturally, loading and exporting
is not the real work of supporting raster images in addition to
vectors, so PostGIS 2.0 adds a slew of functions for analyzing and
operating on the data inside the pixels. [...] PostGIS 2.0 adds
extensive support for 3D, starting with two geometry types: polygonal
surfaces and triangular irregular networks (TINs). [...] In addition to
the new geometry types, the existing spatial indices have been made
3D-aware, and a library of 3D-functions added. [...] The last major
extension of PostGIS functionality in the 2.0 release is support for
topology."
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