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Posted by lorenz in Featured Articles, Tutorials on 12 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments

How to Install MapServer on Windows

How to Install MapServer on Windows
MapServer is an open source and free software for translating vector maps to raster images and displaying it on a web page. It supports installation on Windows and Unix/Linux platform. This tutorial will cover installation guide for Windows platform, guide for Unix/Linux platform will be...
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Posted by lorenz in Featured Articles, News on 11 20th, 2009 | No Comments

ArcGIS Online map services soon migrating to Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme

ArcGIS Online map services soon migrating to Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme
Last spring, ESRI announced that it would be migrating its hosted ArcGIS Online map services to the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme. This migration is expected to be completed in December 2009. This change is in response to feedback from many ArcGIS users who have requested that ESRI use a...
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Posted by lorenz in Featured Articles, News on 11 20th, 2009 | No Comments

MapServer 5.6.0-beta5 released

MapServer 5.6.0-beta5 released
MapServer has released 5.6.0-beta5 version that availabel for download now. This new beta addresses several issues, especially on the rendering front (see the list of fixes at the end of this message). We are still working on a blocker issue (Oracle driver memory leak) and should be able to move to...
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