# \[ANN\] SimpleFeatures.jl: Working with simple feature GIS data in Julia

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**Category:** Package Announcements\
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**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-simplefeatures-jl-working-with-simple-feature-gis-data-in-julia/85313 "2022-08-04T18:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![visr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/visr/32/17204_2.png) [@visr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/visr)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-simplefeatures-jl-working-with-simple-feature-gis-data-in-julia/85313/6 "2022-08-04T20:35:54Z")

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Hi, welcome, and thanks for sharing your work. I’m impressed how you managed to put this together, building on and extending existing functionality, especially as a newcomer to the community!

May I ask, why did you decide to license this package under the GPL? It would be nice to be able to learn from and perhaps use parts of the code to improve the MIT licensed packages it depends on, but I’m hesitant due to the [GPL and virality](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gpl-and-virality/7715).

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