[mapserver-dev] MapServer Version 5.2.0 Source Released

[Steve Lime]

Hey: How do we get this out to the osgeo-announce list?

Steve

>>> On 7/16/2008 at 8:51 PM, in message
<487E5F5F0200008F00019B76 at co5.dnr.state.mn.us>, "Steve Lime"
<Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> Hi all: The MapServer PSC is proud to announce the release of MapServer 
> version 5.2. The source code is available for download at:
> 
>   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current 
> 
> Binary distributions will follow shortly. This is a significant release and 
> users are encouraged to upgrade if possible. Nearly 200 tickets were closed 
> as part of this effort. Major feature additions include:
> 
>     * MS RFC 36: Simplified Template Support for Query Output
>     * MS RFC 37: Spatial Reference Improvements and Additions
>     * MS RFC 38: Native Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Support
>     * MS RFC 41: WCS 1.1.x Support
>     * MS RFC 42: Support for Cookie Forwarding
>     * MS RFC 43: Direct Tile Generation for Google Maps API
> 
> Full RFC text can be found at: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc 
> 
> Notable enhancements include:
> 
>     * performance enhancements for large shapefile handling
>     * performance enhancements for AGG rendering (an order of magnitude 
> faster in some cases)
>     * fuzzy label outlines for AGG
>     * style-level opacity for AGG
>     * quantization and palette support for PNGs and RGBA modes
>     * SOS 1.0.0 support
>     * WFS 1.1.0 support
>     * proxy and http authentication support for cascaded WMS requests
>     * pre-clip label point computation (helps in tile generation)
>     * extent (e.g. shpext, mapext) template tag attribute handling
> 
> The full 5.2.0 change log can be found at: 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-2-0/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT 
> 
> I would like to thank all the folks that worked hard on this release, your 
> efforts are greatly appreciated!
> 
> Steve
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