[OSM-talk] Admin borders/separate database

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 11/11/2013 03:27 AM, nicholas.g.lawrence at tmr.qld.gov.au wrote:
>
> > I'd argue that the GIS community has already decided that layers
> > are the solution. QGIS, open source gis software, already handles
> > layers much like ESRI. JOSM even handles layers.
>
> > IMHO osm is post-layers ;-)
>
> This is quite a fascinating statement. Is there any content on the web
> describing the concept of a post-layer GIS in more detail?
>

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.

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