Great work all. I won't be at foss4g this year, but will live vicariously through everyone this time around. ..Tom
On 9/17/07, Howard Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would also like to add a link to the HISTORY document, which shows > in more detail how impressive and how much work this release was. It > is also the place to find out quickly if your pet issue or bug was > fixed this release. > > <http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-0-0/mapserver/ > HISTORY.TXT> > > Great work guys! See you next week to drink some beers. > > > Howard > > On Sep 17, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: > > > The MapServer team is proud to announce the release of MapServer 5.0! > > > > Perhaps the most important new feature in this release is support > > for map rendering using the Anti-grain Geometry (AGG) graphics > > library (www.antigrain.com). AGG brings high quality 2-D rendering > > capabilities to MapServer that will allow users to create maps with > > vastly improved cartographic quality. Equally important is that > > using AGG results in a minimal reduction in performance. All > > symbology supported by the default GD (www.libgd.org) graphics > > library are also supported using AGG. We are excited about the > > future possibilities of bringing high-end cartography to on-demand > > web mapping. > > > > This new version also includes dozens of small bug fixes, > > enhancements and performance improvements. Among the new features > > are: style and label attribute attribute binding; lookup table- > > based raster color correction; dynamic charting (pie and bar); > > explicit label prioritizing; enhanced debugging and logging; > > dynamic allocation for layers, classes, styles and symbols; > > improved memory management and garbage collection for MapScript; > > numerous improvements to OGC specification support, and lots more. > > A list of RFCs related to this release is included at the end of > > this message. > > > > The source code release is available at the usual location on the > > MapServer site: > > > > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current > > > > This page also contains links to binary distributions that will > > hopefully be updated with 5.0 binaries shortly. > > > > Users of 4.10 and older should review the 5.0 migration guide which > > documents the changes that must be made to your application when > > upgrading from MapServer 4.10 to 5.0: > > > > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT/ > > > > Finally, here is a summary of MapServer 5.0 feature/enhancement > > with the related RFCs. For more details on a specific item, please > > refer to the corresponding RFC document at http:// <http:///> > > mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc > > > > New features: > > ------------ > > > > - MS RFC 19: Added Style and Label attribute binding > > > > - MS RFC 21: Raster Color Correction via color lookup table > > > > - MS RFC 27: Added label priority > > > > - MS RFC 29: Added dynamic charting (pie and bar charts) > > > > - MS RFC 31: New mechanism to load/set objects via URL using > > mapfile syntax > > > > - MS RFC 32: Added support for map rendering using the AGG library for > > better output quality > > > > > > Long time issues resolved: > > ------------------------- > > > > - MS RFC 17: Use dynamic allocation for symbols, layers, classes > > and styles > > (got rid of the static limit on the number of instances of each > > in a map) > > > > - MS RFC 24: Improved memory management and garbage collection for > > MapScript > > > > - MS RFC 26: Terminology cleanup (layer transparency renamed to > > opacity, > > scale becomes scaledenom, symbol style becomes symbol pattern) > > > > - MS RFC 28: Enhanced the debug/logging mechanism to facilitate > > troubleshooting and tuning applications. Added support for multiple > > debug levels and more control on output location. >
