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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/11/2013 03:27 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nicholas.g.lawrence@tmr.qld.gov.au">nicholas.g.lawrence@tmr.qld.gov.au</a> wrote:<br>
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<p><tt><font size="2"><tt><font size="2">> I'd argue that the
GIS community has already decided that layers <br>
> are the solution. QGIS, open source gis software,
already handles <br>
> layers much like ESRI. JOSM even handles layers.<br>
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</font></tt>> IMHO osm is post-layers ;-)<br>
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<tt><font size="2">This is quite a fascinating statement. Is
there any content on the web</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">describing the concept of a post-layer GIS in
more detail?</font></tt><br>
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Astute observers of the concept might have remarked that since GIS
is about layers, it is therefore perfectly logical that post-layers
OSM uses PostGIS.<br>
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