= PostGIS Support and Consulting Services = This section lists the support options both free and paid support available for PostGIS users. '''Free Support''' * [http://www.postgis.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users PostGIS Users Newsgroup] If you have quick questions on how to do things in PostGIS -- the PostGIS news group is very inviting. Often you will get a response in a matter of minutes from experienced PostGIS users, PostGIS Project Steering Committee, and Developer members. PostGIS users are a bright community that are into challenges. If you have a hard spatial SQL question, bring it on. * [irc://chat.freenode.net/postgis PostGIS IRC channel] If you are looking for a slightly more interactive medium than email, try the PostGIS IRC. The PostGIS IRC is a common hang-out for experienced PostGIS users and PostGIS Core Developer members. * [http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-devel PostGIS Developer Newsgroup] Interested in developing new features for PostGIS or the internals of PostGIS, then the PostGIS developer News Group is a good place to ask techie questions. Also checkout our [wiki:DevWikiMain PostGIS Developer Wiki] for details on how to get started exploring and enhancing PostGIS code. '''Paid Support''' If you fit one of the below: * You would like to contribute monetarily to a new feature in PostGIS particularly features on [http://opengeo.org/services/coredevelopment/postgis/ Wish List]. * You need more hand-holding than what is provided via newsgroup and IRC. * You need someone to install PostgreSQL/PostGIS, configure your server, load data , and give you hands-on training or remote or phone support. * You need custom programming support. Then paid support is probably the best option for you. ''Project Steering Committee and Core Developers Member Support Companies'' The PostGIS Project Steering committee and PostGIS core development members are a globally distributed crew often employed/self-employed and thru their companies provide paid PostGIS support, mentoring, and continued development of the PostGIS spatial database engine. These companies are listed below: * [http://www.refractions.net/products/postgis/support/ Refractions Research] Canada * [http://opengeo.org/products/suite/ OpenGeo] Global but mostly North America * [http://www.siriusit.co.uk/consulting Sirius] Located in UK * [http://www.paragoncorporation.com/rates.aspx Paragon Corporation] Located in USA * [http://strk.keybit.net/ Sandro Santilli] Located in Italy, mostly GEOS and PostGIS feature enhancements * [http://www.oslandia.com/ Oslandia] Located in France * [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/WKTRaster/PlanningAndFunding Raster Funding] core team primarily in USA,Canada,Spain (various non-profit and for-profit contributors) Looking to fund more Raster work - check out the Raster funding page * [http://lisasoft.com/ LISAsoft] Located in Australia ''Other PostGIS Consultants / GIS Guides'' * [http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile OSGEO Consultants Directory] Find registered OSGEO consultants based on location, language and need such as PostGIS, GeoServer etc. * [http://www.postgisonline.org/profflist.php PostGIS Professionals] PostGIS Online tutorial site list of PostGIS professionals.