FERS is developed by a community of contributors. This file aims to recognize the individuals who have contributed code, design, and ideas to the project.

For a detailed, line-by-line history of contributions and copyright ownership, please refer to the Git commit history.

GitHub usernames are indicated in parentheses where available.

Original Authors

The foundational work on FERS was done as part of a PhD dissertation at the University of Cape Town.

Dr Marc Brooker
Professor Michael Inggs

Lead Maintainer

The project was significantly modernized, refactored, and expanded from 2024 onwards by its current lead maintainer.

David Young (davidbits)

Project Supervision

Dr Stephen Paine (stpaine)
Dr Yaaseen Martin (ymartin101)

Major Contributors

This section lists individuals who have made significant code contributions to the project's evolution.

Darryn Jordan (darrynjordan)
Grant N. (Grabt234)
Craig Tong (craigtong)
Michael Altshuler (AltchBomb) - Authored the initial XSD schema and kml_generator.cpp.

All Contributors

The following individuals have also contributed to the FERS codebase through commits. Thank you for your valuable input!

Abhishek Bhatta (bhattaomatic)
coopmtu
Graham Inggs (ginggs)
Jean Swart (swartjean)
Shishir S Tambe (SHISKEBAB)