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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual2 / 310Pierre Racine WKT Raster overall architecture and programming supportMateusz Loskot WKT Raster supportChris Hodgson General developmentNicklas Avén Distance function enhancements and additions, Windows testing, and general user supportJorge Arevalo WKT Raster developmentStephen Frost Tiger geocoder developmentOther contributors In alphabetical order: Alex Bodnaru, Alex Mayrhofer, Barbara Phillipot, Ben Jubb, Bernhard Reiter, BruceRindahl, Bruno Wolff III, Carl Anderson, Charlie Savage, Dane Springmeyer, David Skea, David Techer, Eduin Carrillo,IIDA Tetsushi, George Silva, Geographic Data BC, Gerald Fenoy, Gino Lucrezi, Greg Stark, Guillaume Lelarge, KlausFoerster, Kris Jurka, Mark Sondheim, Markus Schaber, Maxime Guillaud, Maxime van Noppen, Michael Fuhr, NikitaShulga, Norman Vine, Ralph Mason, Steffen Macke, Vincent PicavetImportant Support Libraries The GEOS geometry operations library, and the algorithmic work of Martin Davis in making itall work, ongoing maintenance and support of Mateusz Loskot, Paul Ramsey and others.The Proj4 cartographic projection library, and the work of Gerald Evenden and Frank Warmerdam in creating and maintainingit.1.3 More Information• The latest software, documentation and news items are available at the PostGIS web site, http://postgis.refractions.net.• More information about the GEOS geometry operations library is available athttp://trac.osgeo.org/geos/.• More information about the Proj4 reprojection library is available at http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/.• More information about the PostgreSQL database server is available at the PostgreSQL main site http://www.postgresql.org.• More information about GiST indexing is available at the PostgreSQL GiST development site, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/-postgres/gist/.• More information about MapServer internet map server is available at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu.• The "Simple Features for Specification for SQL" is available at the OpenGIS Consortium web site: http://www.opengeospatial.org/-.