Version 3.215

[Stephen Lime]

Greetings: Been a month or so without a new version. Now that everyone was
getting used to 3.211, I figured it's time to drop some new code on folks. Version
3.215 is now available from the Mapserver homepage (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu).
There are several nice enhancements in this version (hence the jump from 11 to 15).
Amongst the key features are:

  - spatial indexing actually works (broke in 3.205)

  - font antialiasing

  - font rotation (partially supported)

  - label filtering by removing duplicates and specifying
    minimum feature size (lines only presently)

  - new CGI variable called "layers" for turning on multiple
    layers with one var (also a template substitution of the
    same name. this is for Grzegorz.

  - config.h is gone in favor of a runtime site config file
    called mapserv.ini. .ini file must live with the mapserver
    executables.

  - config.h options interlace and transparent are now mapfile
    parameters.

  - zooming too far in or out doesn't generate a generic error. Instead
    users are returned a map at the minimum or maximum scale specified
    in the mapfile's web object. Seems complicated, but it's a good thing.

Several speed ups with raster drawing and labeling are also part of
the new code, as well as several fixes to help the NT port along.

You can see a working 3.215 interface at:

  http://thoreau.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/mapsearch.html

As always. Comments, suggestions and bug reports always welcome.

Steve


Stephen Lime
Internet Applications Programmer
MIS Bureau - MN DNR

(651) 297-2937
steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us