MapServer 5.0.0 released!

[P Kishor]

My compliments to the chefs... drink 5.0.0 meters of beer. I will miss
you all, but will make sure to tipple a few in your honor in Paris, a
pale imitation of Victoria BC.

On 9/17/07, Howard Butler <hobu.inc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would also like to add a link to the HISTORY document, which shows
> in more detail how impressive and how much work this release was.  It
> is also the place to find out quickly if your pet issue or bug was
> fixed this release.
>
> <http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-0-0/mapserver/
> HISTORY.TXT>
>
> Great work guys!  See you next week to drink some beers.
>
>
> Howard
>
> On Sep 17, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>
> > The MapServer team is proud to announce the release of MapServer 5.0!
> >
> > Perhaps the most important new feature in this release is support
> > for map rendering using the Anti-grain Geometry (AGG) graphics
> > library (www.antigrain.com). AGG brings high quality 2-D rendering
> > capabilities to MapServer that will allow users to create maps with
> > vastly improved cartographic quality. Equally important is that
> > using AGG results in a minimal reduction in performance. All
> > symbology supported by the default GD (www.libgd.org) graphics
> > library are also supported using AGG. We are excited about the
> > future possibilities of bringing high-end cartography to on-demand
> > web mapping.
> >
> > This new version also includes dozens of small bug fixes,
> > enhancements and performance improvements. Among the new features
> > are: style and label attribute attribute binding; lookup table-
> > based raster color correction; dynamic charting (pie and bar);
> > explicit label prioritizing; enhanced debugging and logging;
> > dynamic allocation for layers, classes, styles and symbols;
> > improved memory management and garbage collection for MapScript;
> > numerous improvements to OGC specification support, and lots more.
> > A list of RFCs related to this release is included at the end of
> > this message.
> >
> > The source code release is available at the usual location on the
> > MapServer site:
> >
> >   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current
> >
> > This page also contains links to binary distributions that will
> > hopefully be updated with 5.0 binaries shortly.
> >
> > Users of 4.10 and older should review the 5.0 migration guide which
> > documents the changes that must be made to your application when
> > upgrading from MapServer 4.10 to 5.0:
> >
> >   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT/
> >
> > Finally, here is a summary of MapServer 5.0 feature/enhancement
> > with the related RFCs. For more details on a specific item, please
> > refer to the corresponding RFC document at http://
> > mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc
> >
> > New features:
> > ------------
> >
> > - MS RFC 19: Added Style and Label attribute binding
> >
> > - MS RFC 21: Raster Color Correction via color lookup table
> >
> > - MS RFC 27: Added label priority
> >
> > - MS RFC 29: Added dynamic charting (pie and bar charts)
> >
> > - MS RFC 31: New mechanism to load/set objects via URL using
> > mapfile syntax
> >
> > - MS RFC 32: Added support for map rendering using the AGG library for
> >   better output quality
> >
> >
> > Long time issues resolved:
> > -------------------------
> >
> > - MS RFC 17: Use dynamic allocation for symbols, layers, classes
> > and styles
> >   (got rid of the static limit on the number of instances of each
> > in a map)
> >
> > - MS RFC 24: Improved memory management and garbage collection for
> > MapScript
> >
> > - MS RFC 26: Terminology cleanup (layer transparency renamed to
> > opacity,
> >   scale becomes scaledenom, symbol style becomes symbol pattern)
> >
> > - MS RFC 28: Enhanced the debug/logging mechanism to facilitate
> >   troubleshooting and tuning applications. Added support for multiple
> >   debug levels and more control on output location.
>


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Puneet Kishor
http://punkish.eidesis.org/
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
http://www.osgeo.org/
Summer 2007 S&T Policy Fellow, The National Academies
http://www.nas.edu/