PostGIS adds extra types (geometry, geography, raster and others) to the PostgreSQL database. It also adds functions and indexes that apply to those types. It does this by:
postgres
backend.Since PostGIS is in C, it can make use of other libraries in C and C++, and it does so liberally. PostGIS depends on:
PostGIS is an open source development community of people, so the best way to get involved is to get to know the people while building useful things for the community:
PostGIS project accepts patches for bugs as well as new features. All patches must be submitted via our ticket tracking as mentioned in Reporting Problems section. We also accept patches as pull requests from our primary repo and various mirrors listed in source page. Key things we need: