<s>
MapServer	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	O
for	O
building	O
spatially	O
enabled	O
internet	O
applications	O
,	O
built	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
widely	O
known	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
Web	O
mapping	O
engines	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
program	O
or	O
via	O
MapScript	O
which	O
supports	O
several	O
programming	O
languages	O
(	O
using	O
SWIG	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapServer	B-Application
can	O
access	O
hundreds	O
of	O
data	O
formats	O
,	O
any	O
raster	O
or	O
vector	O
format	O
supported	O
by	O
GDAL	B-Language
,	O
and	O
reprojections	O
on-the-fly	O
are	O
handled	O
by	O
PROJ	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapServer	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Steve	O
Lime	O
,	O
then	O
working	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Minnesota	O
so	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
previously	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
UMN	B-Application
MapServer	I-Application
"	O
,	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
commercial	O
"	O
map	B-Application
servers	I-Application
"	O
;	O
today	O
it	O
is	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
just	O
"	O
MapServer	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
Project	O
Steering	O
Committee	O
(	O
PSC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapServer	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
NASA	O
,	O
which	O
needed	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
make	O
its	O
satellite	O
imagery	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
Technical	O
Steering	O
Committee	O
Members	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Minnesota	O
,	O
and	O
DM	O
Solutions	O
Group	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
announced	O
that	O
its	O
internet	O
mapping	O
application	O
,	O
MapGuide	B-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
application	O
with	O
all	O
new	O
code	O
and	O
be	O
named	O
"	O
MapServer	B-Application
Enterprise	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existing	O
MapServer	B-Application
application	O
would	O
be	O
renamed	O
"	O
MapServer	B-Application
Cheetah	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
name	O
change	O
was	O
overwhelmingly	O
opposed	O
by	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
then	O
backed	O
off	O
this	O
name	O
change	O
and	O
retained	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
MapGuide	B-Application
"	O
for	O
its	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
plans	O
to	O
establish	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
Foundation	O
were	O
scrapped	O
;	O
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
(	O
OSGeo	O
)	O
was	O
established	O
to	O
include	O
MapServer	B-Application
and	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
GIS	O
projects	O
(	O
which	O
now	O
includes	O
MapGuide	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapServer	B-Application
has	O
had	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
Web	O
mapping	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997-07	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
Developed	O
as	O
Part	O
of	O
the	O
NASA	O
ForNet	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grew	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
deliver	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
data	O
across	O
the	O
web	O
for	O
foresters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998-07	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
2.0	O
released	O
as	O
final	O
ForNET	O
deliverable	O
;	O
added	O
reprojection	B-Application
support	O
(	O
PROJ.4	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
UMN	O
makes	O
MapServer	B-Application
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000-06	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
NASA	O
TerraSIP	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
release	O
of	O
UMN	B-Application
MapServer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001-06	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
3.2	O
released	O
with	O
MapScript	O
1.0	O
,	O
like	O
CSS	O
,	O
adds	O
layout	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002-06	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
3.5	O
was	O
rewritten	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
PostGIS	B-Application
and	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.6	O
adds	O
initial	O
OGC	O
WMS	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003-07	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
adds	O
24bit	O
raster	O
output	O
support	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
SWF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2005-04	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
4.6	O
,	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
SVG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007-09	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
5.0	O
released	O
,	O
introducing	O
Anti-Grain	B-Algorithm
Geometry	I-Algorithm
(	O
AGG	O
)	O
graphics	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011-05	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
6.0	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
opengl	O
&	O
KML	O
output	O
,	O
with	O
5.6.X	O
as	O
stable	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012-11	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
6.2	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
INSPIRE	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013-09	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
6.4	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
CMake	O
support	O
,	O
contour	O
rendering	O
,	O
layer	O
geometry	O
transformations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2015-07	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
7.0	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
heatmap	O
layers	O
,	O
WFS	O
2.0	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
layer-level	O
character	O
encoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2018-07	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
7.2	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
MVT	O
support	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
multi-line	O
comments	O
in	O
the	O
mapfile	O
,	O
and	O
Python	O
3	O
support	O
for	O
MapScript	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2019-05	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
7.4	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
MapScript	O
support	O
through	O
SWIG	B-Application
,	O
and	O
initial	O
PROJ	B-Language
6	O
API	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2020-05	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
7.6	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
PROJ	B-Language
6	O
API	O
,	O
adds	O
connection	O
options	O
in	O
mapfile	O
,	O
and	O
special	O
character	O
support	O
in	O
mapfiles	O
on	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2022-09	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
8.0	O
released	O
,	O
adds	O
native	O
FlatGeobuf	O
support	O
,	O
OGCAPI	O
:	O
Features	O
support	O
,	O
new	O
config	O
file	O
for	O
MapServer	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
native	O
MapScript	O
removed	O
,	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
PHPNG	O
(	O
SWIG	B-Application
)	O
MapScript	O
.	O
</s>
