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{{Short description|Geospatial extension for the PostgreSQL Database}}
{{Infobox software
| name = PostGIS
| logo = PostGIS logo.png
| logo size = 150px
| developer = Refractions Research, Paul Ramsey, Dave Blasby, Mark Cave-Ayland, Regina Obe, Sandro Santilli,  Olivier Courtin, Nicklas Avén, Bborie Park, Pierre Racine, Daniel Baston, Darafei Praliaskouski, Raúl Marín Rodríguez, Kevin Neufeld, Jeff Lounsbury, Chris Hodgson, Jorge Arévalo, Mateusz Loskot, Norman Vine, Carl Anderson, Ralph Mason, Klaus Foerster,  Bruno Wolff III, Markus Schaber
| released = {{Start date|2001|04|19}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}                                    | latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}}
| operating_system = [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[POSIX]]-compliant systems
| genre = [[Geographic information system]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] (version 2 or later)
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''PostGIS''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|s|t|dʒ|ɪ|s}} {{respell|POST|jis}}) is an open source software program that adds support for geographic objects to the [[PostgreSQL]] object-relational database. PostGIS follows the [[Simple Features]] for SQL specification from the [[Open Geospatial Consortium]] (OGC).

PostGIS is implemented as a ''PostgreSQL external extension''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/external-extensions.html|title = H.4. Extensions|date = 10 February 2022}}</ref>