[OSGeoJapan-discuss] MapServer5.2がリリースされました

[(Orkney)Toru Mori]

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森亮です。
このほど、MapServerの最新バージョン5.2がリリースされました。

OSGeo.JPのHPでもアナウンスいたしました。
http://www.osgeo.jp/?p=113


以下、Steve Limeによるリリース文です。

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