The MapServer development team has entered the 6.2 release cycle. MapServer 6.2 beta1 was released for testing on June 29th. Some of the new features of MapServer 6.2 are described below. Label Leaders http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-81.html Label leaders allow the placement of … Continued
spatialite VirtualShape Extension
Did you know that it’s possible to work with shapefiles in spatialite without loading them into an sqlite database? The VirtualShape extension allows you to load a shapefile as a virtual table and work with it like it was a … Continued
JxLib Blog Post – Of Objects, Widgets, Plugins and Adaptors
Jon Bomgardner has written a great overview of some of the core JxLib architectural components, I highly recommend reading it!
‘Two Countries, One Forest’ application updated
DM Solutions recently completed an update to the ‘Two Countries, One Forest’ application which is now available at http://www.2c1forest.org/atlas/index.html Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest) is an international organization dedicated to using landscape conservation to protect and maintain the Northern Appalachian/Acadian … Continued
FOSS4G 2011 Denver
Another FOSS4G event wrapped up last month in Denver. The attendance this year was reported to be over 900 people including a strong contingent from the community of developers that create the software. The success of this series of conferences … Continued
Using mod_geocache with Google Maps API v3
We recently have been working on an application that required the use of Google Maps API v3 for a client. We needed to integrate some custom tiles into the application so we decided to try out Thomas Bonfort’s mod_geocache. I’m … Continued
New release of Proj4js v1.0.2
A new release of the Proj4js JavaScript Coordinate System support library is now available. It is primarily a bug fix release but also includes two new important functional improvements: WKT parsing: Proj4js can now parse Well-Known-Text (WKT) versions of the … Continued
SVG Symbol support in MapServer
MapServer’s support for symbols has long been a strong point, with many options for formats and modifiers. However, every choice has come with its limitations: pixmaps scale poorly while vector and truetype symbols don’t support multiple colours and can be … Continued
Leaflet web mapping
DM Solutions has a long history of both creating and using various web mapping toolkits but in recent years we have more or less standardized on OpenLayers in the browser. This is due to its long list of formats and … Continued
Fusion 2.2.0 released
We are pleased to announce the final release of Fusion 2.2.0. Information on accessing the software can be found at http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion/wiki/GetIt This release is for use with MapGuide Open Source v2.2 or higher, because of a backward incompatibility of the … Continued