When I updated to the latest revision in the main git repository a little over a week ago, I hit a build issue looking for "libgeos_c.a".  After quite some trial and help from Alex and Andrew, the solution was to build libgeos using autoconf instead of cmake.

In the meantime I had looked into adding functions to ingres SQL, and unit tests.  I'm still unsure about how exactly SVG will be represented (whether it be as it is in Adriel's documentation for AsSVG at http://lazyeye.github.com/ingresDocs/, or another means), but regardless the implementation should not prove to be difficult.  Unit tests will not be difficult to write, now that i have worked with the unit tests, but I still have to talk further with UCOSP peers to properly write the tests for their functions.

Regarding my formerly proposed timeline I am indeed lagging behind as the deadline is fast approaching, but I am not currently worried about not being able to finish my tasks.  I still aim to "finish implementation" by the end of Sunday the 21st November, but may end up only having unit tests done next week.