MapServer Project Status Daniel Morissette, Mapgears Jeff McKenna, Gateway Geomatics Paul Ramsey, OpenGeo

MapServer Project Status History Statistics Highlights of 2008-2009 Future plans How to contribute Q & A

History

Statistics

Highlights of 2008-2009

Future plans

How to contribute

Q & A

History 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ForNet project starts (imgserv) Shapelib + GD release (mapserv) V 1.0 V 2.0 (Public release as ForNet MapServer) V 3.0 (UMN MapServer, raster + Truetype added) V 3.3 (MapScript, PROJ4 added) V 3.4 (PHP MapScript added) V 4.0 (OGC WFS. SWF, PDF and GDAL output, +++ ...) Web-based Arc/Info AML Generation V 4.2 (OGC WMS SLD, WFS Filters, ...) V 4.4 (OGC WCS, WMS Time, i18n, ...) V 4.6 (SVG output, GEOS, ...) V 4.8 (OGC SOS) V 4.8 (OGC SOS) V 4.10 (angle follow), 5.0 (AGG) V 5.2 (Move to OSGeo, Incubation) V 5.4, 5.6 (Performance, rendering, security) V 6.0 (rend. API)

Statistics MapServer-users 1850 members ~15 posts/day (2009 so far: 4000, 2008: 5400) MapServer-dev 365 members ~4 posts/day (2009 so far: 1200) IRC #mapserver: 30+ people PSC: 11 members 22 committers, 170k lines of code Downloads? (MS4W: 2-3k/month?)

MapServer-users

1850 members

~15 posts/day (2009 so far: 4000, 2008: 5400)

MapServer-dev

365 members

~4 posts/day (2009 so far: 1200)

IRC #mapserver: 30+ people

PSC: 11 members

22 committers, 170k lines of code

Downloads? (MS4W: 2-3k/month?)

MapServer PSC Steve Lime (chair) Daniel Morissette Frank Warmerdam Yewondwossen Assefa Howard Butler Steve Woodbridge Perry Nacionales Tom Kralidis Jeff McKenna Umberto Nicoletti Tamas Szekeres

Steve Lime (chair)

Daniel Morissette

Frank Warmerdam

Yewondwossen Assefa

Howard Butler

Steve Woodbridge

Perry Nacionales

Tom Kralidis

Jeff McKenna

Umberto Nicoletti

Tamas Szekeres

Binary Distributions Windows MS4W OSGeo4W FWTools MacOSX King Chaos Linux FGS UbuntuGIS DebianGIS

Windows

MS4W

OSGeo4W

FWTools

MacOSX

King Chaos

Linux

FGS

UbuntuGIS

DebianGIS

Highlights of 2008-2009 Releases Graduation from Incubation Code Sprints WMS Performance Shoot-out Website enhancements

Releases

Graduation from Incubation

Code Sprints

WMS Performance Shoot-out

Website enhancements

5.4 Release 5.4-beta1 – February 18th, 2009 5.4.0 – April 22, 2009 5.4.1 – June 2, 2009 5.4.2 – July 24, 2009

5.4-beta1 – February 18th, 2009

5.4.0 – April 22, 2009

5.4.1 – June 2, 2009

5.4.2 – July 24, 2009

5.4 Release OGC Specifications: WMS 1.3.0, SLD 1.1.0 (RFC 30) Several fixes and enhancements RFC 40: Label text alignment and wrapping RFC 48: GEOTRANSFORM Bbox, start/end vertices, centroid TODO: buffer, labelpoint, convexhull, simplify

OGC Specifications:

WMS 1.3.0, SLD 1.1.0 (RFC 30)

Several fixes and enhancements

RFC 40: Label text alignment and wrapping

RFC 48: GEOTRANSFORM

Bbox, start/end vertices, centroid

TODO: buffer, labelpoint, convexhull, simplify

5.4 Release RFC 49: OUTLINEWIDTH with line layer (independent of scale) Fractional SIZE / WIDTH values MIN / MAXSCALEDENOM for styles and labels CONFIG ON_MISSING_DATA FAIL|LOG|IGNORE (RFC 47) MIN/MAXSCALE -> MIN / MAXSCALE DENOM Security updates

RFC 49:

OUTLINEWIDTH with line layer (independent of scale)

Fractional SIZE / WIDTH values

MIN / MAXSCALEDENOM for styles and labels

CONFIG ON_MISSING_DATA FAIL|LOG|IGNORE (RFC 47)

MIN/MAXSCALE -> MIN / MAXSCALE DENOM

Security updates

5.6 Release 5.6.0-beta1 – September 23, 2009 5.6.0 - November 2009 What's new? RFC 51: XML mapfile schema + XSLT RFC 52: One-pass query processing RFC 55: Improved control of output resolution RFC 57: Ability to repeat labels along lines Performance optimizations GDAL single pass raster read Optimized access to very large shapefiles

5.6.0-beta1 – September 23, 2009

5.6.0 - November 2009

What's new?

RFC 51: XML mapfile schema + XSLT

RFC 52: One-pass query processing

RFC 55: Improved control of output resolution

RFC 57: Ability to repeat labels along lines

Performance optimizations

GDAL single pass raster read

Optimized access to very large shapefiles

5.6 Release OGC Specifications Several fixes and enhancements OGC WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 compliance MapScript fixes and enhancements Better curve labeling Labeling of graticule on border AGG source files embedded Security fixes

OGC Specifications

Several fixes and enhancements

OGC WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 compliance

MapScript fixes and enhancements

Better curve labeling

Labeling of graticule on border

AGG source files embedded

Security fixes

Security Releases MapServer is getting more attention Releases of 5.4.x, 5.2.3 and 4.10.5 with several security fixes RFC 56 - Tighten control of access to mapfiles and templates: Require MAP/END, SYMBOLSET/END Require <!-- MapServer Template --> MS_MAP_PATTERN env. var. MS_MAP_NOPATH env. var.

MapServer is getting more attention

Releases of 5.4.x, 5.2.3 and 4.10.5 with several security fixes

RFC 56 - Tighten control of access to mapfiles and templates:

Require MAP/END, SYMBOLSET/END

Require <!-- MapServer Template -->

MS_MAP_PATTERN env. var.

MS_MAP_NOPATH env. var.

Graduation from Incubation Approved by board on Dec 12, 2008 Graduation requirements: Open and active community of users and developers/contributors Source code provenance review Open decision and management process (PSC) Documented development and management processes Use of open collaboration tools (SVN, Trac, Wiki, Lists, IRC)

Approved by board on Dec 12, 2008

Graduation requirements:

Open and active community of users and developers/contributors

Source code provenance review

Open decision and management process (PSC)

Documented development and management processes

Use of open collaboration tools (SVN, Trac, Wiki, Lists, IRC)

Code Sprints Toronto, March 2009 ~10 MapServer contributors One-pass query processing Performance optimizations Rendering enhancement discussions XML mapfile schema/XSLT Website enhancements: tutorial creation

Toronto, March 2009

~10 MapServer contributors

One-pass query processing

Performance optimizations

Rendering enhancement discussions

XML mapfile schema/XSLT

Website enhancements: tutorial creation

Code Sprints FOSS4G 2009, Sydney – this Saturday 5.6 release Polishing, testing, bug fixes Documentation Release of 5.6.0-RC1? Discuss new features, future work You are invited! Sign up at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#MapServer

FOSS4G 2009, Sydney – this Saturday

5.6 release

Polishing, testing, bug fixes

Documentation

Release of 5.6.0-RC1?

Discuss new features, future work

You are invited!

Sign up at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#MapServer

Google Summer of Code 2 Projects for the 2009 summer: KML Output SVG Symbol Support Code not yet integrated in trunk Considered for 6.0 Release

2 Projects for the 2009 summer:

KML Output

SVG Symbol Support

Code not yet integrated in trunk

Considered for 6.0 Release

WMS Performance Shoot-out MapServer vs GeoServer 3 rd edition, highlights areas for improvement More info at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009 Presentation: Friday at 15:00

MapServer vs GeoServer

3 rd edition, highlights areas for improvement

More info at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009

Presentation: Friday at 15:00

Website Finally at www.mapserver.org ! Using Sphinx ReST + SVN Downloadable PDF version Multilingual site underway (DE translation begun...completion for v6.0 release)

Finally at www.mapserver.org !

Using Sphinx ReST + SVN

Downloadable PDF version

Multilingual site underway (DE translation begun...completion for v6.0 release)

Future Plans 6.0 features: New Rendering API Cairo support OpenGL rendering KML Output (GSoC project) SVG Symbol support (GSoC project) OGC Compliance certification for WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 Continued work on performance MapServer Blog, Twitter channel?

6.0 features:

New Rendering API

Cairo support

OpenGL rendering

KML Output (GSoC project)

SVG Symbol support (GSoC project)

OGC Compliance certification for WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0

Continued work on performance

MapServer Blog, Twitter channel?

Other ideas in the air QGIS XML mapfile import/export experiment at FOSS4G code sprint MapScript API cleanup GD support cleanup Template cleanup (simplify tags) Support for label styles Inline SLD Support for block references (styles, labels) Object serialization to string

QGIS XML mapfile import/export experiment at FOSS4G code sprint

MapScript API cleanup

GD support cleanup

Template cleanup (simplify tags)

Support for label styles

Inline SLD

Support for block references (styles, labels)

Object serialization to string

How to Contribute? Users: Beta and release candidate testing Bug reports in Trac, including test cases Documentation (wiki, report issues in Trac) Answers on the mapserver-users list and IRC Developers: Bug fixes/patches New features Binary builds

Users:

Beta and release candidate testing

Bug reports in Trac, including test cases

Documentation (wiki, report issues in Trac)

Answers on the mapserver-users list and IRC

Developers:

Bug fixes/patches

New features

Binary builds

Questions - Discussion