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MapServer is an Open Source geographic data rendering engine written in C, designed for fast display of dynamic maps on the Internet. Beyond browsing GIS data, MapServer allows you create “geographic image maps”, that is, maps that can direct users to content.

MapServer is an Open Source geographic data rendering engine written in C. Beyond browsing GIS data, MapServer allows you create “geographic image maps”, that is, maps that can direct users to content. For example, the Minnesota DNR Recreation Compass provides users with more than 10,000 web pages, reports and maps via a single application. The same application serves as a “map engine” for other portions of the site, providing spatial context where needed.

MapServer was originally developed by the University of Minnesota (UMN) ForNet project in cooperation with NASA, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR). Later it was hosted by the TerraSIP project, a NASA sponsored project between the UMN and a consortium of land management interests.

MapServer is now a project of OSGeo, and is maintained by a growing number of developers (nearing 20) from around the world. It is supported by a diverse group of organizations that fund enhancements and maintenance, and administered within OSGeo by the MapServer Project Steering Committee made up of developers and other contributors.

  • Advanced cartographic output
    • Scale dependent feature drawing and application execution
    • Feature labeling including label collision mediation
    • Fully customizable, template driven output
    • TrueType fonts
    • Map element automation (scalebar, reference map, and legend)
    • Thematic mapping using logical- or regular expression-based classes
  • Support for popular scripting and development environments
    • PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, and .NET
  • Cross-platform support
    • Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, and more
  • Support of numerous Open Geospatial Consortium
  • WMS (client/server), non-transactional WFS (client/server), WMC, WCS, Filter Encoding, SLD, GML, SOS, OM
  • A multitude of raster and vector data formats
    • TIFF/GeoTIFF, EPPL7, and many others via GDAL
    • ESRI shapfiles, PostGIS, ESRI ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, MySQL and many others via OGR
  • Map projection support
    • On-the-fly map projection with 1000s of projections through the Proj.4 library
  • Website: http://mapserver.org/

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    OpenLayers and MapServer

    I have the following code: var layern2 = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer("Tech", "ServerPathTo_mapserv.exe", { map: "ServerPathTo_My.map" }, { …
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    Problems using "AND" Logical Expression for defining a Mapserver class

    I can't seem to get past this hurdle. Mapserver isn't throwing any errors...but it isn't returning anything either...I suspect my logical expression (... in the absence of any errors...I really have little clue what is going down here). Ideally, I'd…
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    jQuery tooltip ui: issue with using onmouseover and getting double displays

    Please see attached image: The html (I just broke it up in 3 lines so you wouldn't have to scroll to the right): [name]
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    Risks of restarting Apache?

    I just started working a company that is having me build a program for them that allows them to access a database and work with the data. They currently have a solution written in PHP, but its quite outdated, and I am not familiar with PHP. While…
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    Mapserver 6.2 and deprecated st_Force_2D

    On the PostgreSQL (9.3.0) + postGIS (2.1.0) side, I'm receiving the following WARNING log: CONTEXT: SQL function "st_force_2d" during startup WARNING: ST_Force_2d signature was deprecated in 2.1.0. Please use ST_Force2D I found that the reason is…
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    Multiple rows in subquery

    I am trying to create a context of exclusion zone in my layer. I am trying the following Map File/SQL combo DATA "geom FROM public.data" FILTER "layer = %layer_id% AND ST_CONTAINS(ALL(SELECT the_geom FROM public.exclusion_zone WHERE layer =…
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    OpenLayers: wrapDateLine not working, no error in JS console

    Should be simple enough, not sure what is wrong with my code: var layer1 = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer("CustomerAirports", "http://192.168.2.164/cgi- bin/mapserv.exe", {map: '/data2/html/customer_airport.map', layers: ['CustomerAirports']},…
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    accessing my own tileserver implemented using MapServer via osmdroid

    I have a running Mapserver implemented in osgeo-6.05. I can access the map using a web browser. Since I am trying to connect that map to my Android application I am using OSMdroid. I saw in Many forums that by using XYTilesource can connect a…
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    Converting Mapserver default URL to a more user friendly version

    I have a URL that I use to view my map generated using MapServer. http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=all How can I convert it to more general style such as…
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    Load Mapinfo to Mapserver

    I am a newbie in mapserver, i was reading tutorial (http://mapserver.org/input/vector/mapinfo.html) but i have a problem load mapinfo into mapserver ( i'm using pmapper). no error anything, but the map cannot show in mapserver. how can i do for this…
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    How to show/hide labels with mapserver and openlayers

    I'd like to have a check/uncheck option like this print checkbox to show/hide labels in my WMS layers served by mapserver 5.6.7 in openlayers 2.11. I have a toolbar where to put this using probably geoext1 or ext3.4, so the questions: Is this…
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    How to stretch GMT raster with gdal to work with google

    How can I stretch a PNG raster coming from GMT (Generic Mapping Tools 4.5.6) in such a way that does align with Google satellite or bing? Such raster is in wgs84 and crosses two UTM zones (17 and 18 south). I think this is the problem of the…
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    VBScript runtime error server map path not found

    I get the following error when I try to post a request from a form in my ASP application. Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a004c' Path not found /build-your-own-report/stjreport/includes/includes.inc, line 16 This is my includes.inc…
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    How to create Store for native binary format(.ID, .DAT, .Tab, .MAP) in geoserver

    Hi i have four different file format (.ID, .DAT, .Tab, .MAP) i have to upload these in geoserver and see the map . Are these file format supported by geoserver.if yes please help me how to do it i had done googled and haven't found any solution.
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    How to use bbox in long/lat with google/bing/etc… using mapserver‏

    The bbox of OpenLayers.Control.GetFeature works in utm when the baselayer is 900913 ie. google/bing/etc) and in long/lat when the baselayer is 4326 (ie. my postgis layers served by mapserver), no matter what overlays them. This is what openlayers…
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