<s>
MapGuide	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
map-making	O
platform	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
quickly	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
web	O
mapping	O
applications	O
and	O
geospatial	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
by	O
Autodesk	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapGuide	B-Application
features	O
an	O
interactive	O
viewer	O
that	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
feature	O
selection	O
,	O
property	O
inspection	O
,	O
map	O
tips	O
,	O
and	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
buffer	O
,	O
select	O
within	O
,	O
and	O
measure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapGuide	B-Application
includes	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
database	O
for	O
storing	O
and	O
managing	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
most	O
common	O
geospatial	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
databases	O
,	O
and	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MapGuide	B-Application
platform	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
supports	O
Apache	B-Application
and	O
IIS	B-Application
web	O
servers	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
extensive	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
APIs	B-Application
for	O
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapGuide	B-Application
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
as	O
Argus	O
MapGuide	B-Application
in	O
1995	O
by	O
Argus	O
Technologies	O
in	O
Calgary	O
,	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1996	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
acquired	O
Argus	O
Technologies	O
and	O
within	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
under	O
the	O
Autodesk	O
brand	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
MapGuide	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
progressed	O
through	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
releases	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
Autodesk	O
MapGuide	B-Application
6.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
this	O
day	O
MapGuide	B-Application
6.5	O
and	O
previous	O
releases	O
are	O
known	O
for	O
ease	O
of	O
deployment	O
,	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
,	O
data	O
connectivity	O
,	O
scalability	O
,	O
and	O
overall	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
success	O
,	O
the	O
MapGuide	B-Application
6.5	O
architecture	O
has	O
some	O
inherent	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
this	O
day	O
most	O
MapGuide	B-Application
applications	O
rely	O
upon	O
a	O
client	O
Plug-in	O
,	O
ActiveX	B-Application
Control	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
with	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
logic	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
using	O
the	O
APIs	B-Application
offered	O
by	O
the	O
client-side	O
plug-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spring	O
2004	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
developers	O
at	O
Autodesk	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
MapGuide	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
goals	O
were	O
to	O
retain	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
aspects	O
of	O
MapGuide	B-Application
6.5	O
while	O
also	O
meeting	O
the	O
goals	O
set	O
out	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
then	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
