[postgis-users] PostGIS 0.7 Released

[Alexander Pucher]

Paul Ramsey wrote:

>PostGIS - http://postgis.refractions.net
>
>Refractions Research is pleased to announce the 0.7 
>release of PostGIS : Geographic Objects for PostgreSQL.  
>PostGIS/PostgreSQL is a spatial database much like 
>ESRI's SDE and Oracle's OracleSpatial. PostGIS is 
>open-source software licenced under the GNU LGPL.
>
>PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:
>
>[..]
>- Geospatial analysis functions
>[..]
>
Hi Paul,

can you give me some information on what this new functions are all about.
What I would love to see are "standard" GIS functionalities like 
buffering, intersection etc.

I looked at the online manual but couldn't find more information on this.

Thanks

alex


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