6 days ago · MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the mid-1990’s at the University of …

6 days ago · If you are upgrading from an earlier version of MapServer, be sure to review the MapServer Migration Guide. Documentation for earlier versions of MapServer can be found on …

6 days ago · MapServer can be extended and customized through MapScript or templating. It can be built to support many different vector and raster input data formats, and it can generate a …

Apr 30, 2021 · A binary distribution of MapServer and components for Linux environments including x64, ppc64le, and aarch64 and including conda builds of GDAL/OGR and PROJ. …

6 days ago · 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, …

Apr 19, 2023 · This tutorial (initially created in the early-2000’s by Perry, and maintained since by Jeff) was designed to give new users a quick (relatively speaking) introduction to the concepts …

Nov 18, 2025 · MapServer only checks for a few of the required GetMap parameters, so both of the minimum MapServer parameters and a valid GetMap request will be explained below.

6 days ago · Since the MapServer 6.0 release, the MapServer project includes a suite of Open Source products, to provide a full set of online mapping tools to the community.

Apr 14, 2025 · The MapServer program itself consists of only one file, the “mapserv” binary executable. This is a CGI executable, meant to be called and run by your web server.

6 days ago · Yes, MapServer is free for both commercial and non-commercial use. It is released under an MIT-style license, which allows for free use, modification, and distribution, including …