MapServer Version 5.2.0 Released

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 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 Lime