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.
The principal developer of PostGIS. Dave maintains the server side objects and index support, the server side analytical functions, and the Mapserver connectivity.
Maintains new functions and the 7.2 index bindings.
Maintains the JDBC objects and keeps track of the documentation and packaging.
Maintains the Shape loader/dumper.