MapServer 5.6.0 released






MapServer 5.6.0 has just been released and available for download now. The new release contains a few new features and performance enhancements.

New features:

  • MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile schema and XSLT.
  • MS RFC 52: One-pass query processing, making WFS queries on
    database backends much much faster.
  • MS RFC 55: Improve control of output resolution, allows printing
    maps at printer resolution using a mapfile defined for screen resolution.
  • MS RFC 57: Labeling enhancements: ability to repeat labels along a
    line/multiline.

Enhancements:

  • Security fixes (also backported to 5.4):
    Improved security relative to untrusted directories and mapfiles
    (RFC 56)
  • Fixed several security issues found in an audit of the CGI
    application (#2939, #2941, #2942, #2943, #2944)

Performance optimizations:

  • Load all GDAL image bands in one pass for faster processing (r9260)
  • Optimized access to very large shapefiles (#2930)
  • Several enhancements/fixes to OGC Web Services specs support
  • Several enhancements/fixes to all flavors of MapScript
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