Description\n-----------\n\nGIS stands for Geographic Information System.\n\nFurther reading:\n\n OGC Simple Feature Access - the Open Geospatial Consortium's OpenGIS Simple Features Specifications For SQL.\n Geo/Spatial Search with MySQL - a presentation by Alexander Rubin, from the MySQL Conference in 2006.\n\nThere are no differences between GIS in stable versions of MariaDB and GIS in MySQL. There are, however, some extensions and enhancements being worked on.\n\nURL: https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/sql-structure/geometry/gis-resources