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MapServer

Web mapping application development tool

Softwarefree software Common Gateway Interface Internet Map ServerQ545827

Also known as UMN MapServer

Developer: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
, University of Minnesota
Founded: 1994
Latest version: 8.6.6
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1.“Release 8.6.6”github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-8-6-6Retrieved 2026-09-07
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, 6.4.1
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1.github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-6-4-1Retrieved 2021-12-08
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, 6.2.2
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1.github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-6-2-2Retrieved 2021-12-08
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Written in: C
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1.Stated in Open Hub“The mapserver Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/mapserver/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-07-18
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, C++
License: MIT License
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1.mapserver.org/copyright.htmlRetrieved 2025-01-17
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Website: mapserver.org

Overview

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MapServer is an open-source development environment for building spatially enabled internet applications, built in the C language, and is widely known as one of the fastest Web mapping engines available. It can run as a CGI program or via MapScript which supports several programming languages. MapServer can access hundreds of data formats, any raster or vector format supported by GDAL, and reprojections on-the-fly are handled by PROJ. MapServer was originally developed by Steve Lime, then working at the University of Minnesota — so, it was previously referred to as "UMN MapServer", to distinguish it from commercial "map servers"; today it is commonly referred to as just "MapServer", and is maintained by the MapServer Project Steering Committee (PSC). MapServer was originally developed with support from NASA, which needed a way to make its satellite imagery available to the public.

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Copyright status: copyrighted
Different from: ArcGIS Map Server
Internet Map Server
Has use: web mapping platform
Product or material produced: web mapping application

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