New Features in AST - a WCS Management and Manipulation Library

Recent developments in the AST library are described, including a Python interface, support for the FITS-WCS “-TAB” system for storing tabular co-ordinate information, and extended support for representing distortions in spatial projections, using several schemes in common use (IRAF TNX/ZPX, Spitzer SIP, NOAO TPV and SCAMP).