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+PostPic: A PostgreSQL extension for image-processing
+====================================================
+
+PostPic is an extension for the open source PostgreSQL dbms that enables
+image processing inside the database, like PostGIS does for spatial data.
+It adds the new 'image' type to the SQL, and several functions to process
+images and to extract their attributes.
+
+Eg.
+
+      select * from images 
+               where date(the_img) > '2009-01-01'::date
+               and size(the_img) > 1600;
+
+Traditional relational clauses can be combined in queries with image-related
+ones, and basic image processing can be performed in SQL.
+
+
+Resources
+---------
+
+PostPic is hosted at [GitHub](https://github.com/drotiro/postpic), 
+there you can find all the code releases and the project 
+[Wiki](http://wiki.github.com/drotiro/postpic/>) 
+with detailed documentation about the project.
+
+
+Contents of this package
+------------------------
+
+This package contains the following:
+
+ * __server__: sources for the server extension
+ * __utils__: utilities for client-side loading of images, etc.
+ * __jdbc__: mapping for the new type, enhances the postgresql jdbc driver
+ * __doc__: instruction for building the sources
+ * __examples__: example programs and sql scripts
+
+
+Copyright and license
+---------------------
+
+PostPic is Copyright (C) 2010 Domenico Rotiroti.
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+    published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is included in the
+    source distribution of this software.