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Bug#277514: ITP: geos -- geometry engine for geographic information systems



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



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