# geos

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** geos
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/](https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)

## Software Description

GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology
Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of
JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS Simple Features for SQL
spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific
JTS enhanced topology functions.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load geos

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of geos available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail geos