Chapter 1. Introduction

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1.1. Credits
1.2. More Information

PostGIS is developed by Refractions Research Inc, as a spatial database technology research project. Refractions is a GIS and database consulting company in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, specializing in data integration and custom software development. We plan on supporting and developing PostGIS to support a range of important GIS functionality, including full OpenGIS support, advanced topological constructs (coverages, surfaces, networks), desktop user interface tools for viewing and editing GIS data, and web-based access tools.

1.1. Credits

Sandro Santilli <strk@refractions.net>

Coordinates all bug fixing and maintainance effort, integration of new GEOS functionality, and new function enhancements.

Chris Hodgson <chodgson@refractions.net>

Maintains new functions and the 7.2 index bindings.

Paul Ramsey <pramsey@refractions.net>

Maintains the JDBC objects and keeps track of the documentation and packaging.

Jeff Lounsbury <jeffloun@refractions.net>

Original development of the Shape file loader/dumper.

Dave Blasby <dblasby@gmail.com>

The original developer of PostGIS. Dave wrote the server side objects, index bindings, and many of the server side analytical functions.

1.2. More Information