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GEOS geometry library, version 3.1.1 or greater, but GEOS 3.2 is recommended. Without GEOS 3.2,
- you will be missing some major enhancements with handling of topological exceptions and improvements to ST_Buffer that allow beveling and mitre. The GEOS library is
+ you will be missing some major enhancements with handling of topological exceptions and improvements to ST_Buffer that allow beveling and mitre and much faster buffering. The GEOS library is
used to provide geometry tests (ST_Touches(), ST_Contains(),
- ST_Intersects()) and operations (ST_Buffer(), ST_Union(),
+ ST_Intersects()) and operations (ST_Buffer(), ST_Union(),ST_Intersection()
ST_Difference()) within PostGIS. GEOS is available for download from
<ulink url="http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/">
http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/