[Pkg-grass-general] [Fwd: ITP: geos -- geometry engine for geographic information systems]

[Steve Halasz <debian@adkgis.org>]

Hi,

I've filed this ITP because the next release of qgis will depend on
geos.

Steve

-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Steve Halasz <debian@adkgis.org>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
> Subject: ITP: geos -- geometry engine for geographic information systems
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:19:50 -0400
> 
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : geos
>   Version         : 2.0.1
>   Upstream Author : Yury Bychkov <me@yury.ca>
> * URL             : http://geos.refractions.net/
> * License         : LGPL
>   Description     : geometry engine for geographic information systems
> 
> GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric functions. It 
> implements the geometry model defined in the OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features 
> Specification for SQL. Functions provided include:
> 
>   * spatial predicates (based on the DE-9IM model),
>   * overlay functions (intersection, difference, union, symmetric difference),
>   * buffer,
>   * convex hull,
>   * area and distance functions, and
>   * topological validity checking 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C