04.104.2012 - PostGIS 2.0.0 Released

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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