\title{MapServer}
\maketitle

\begin{description}
	\item  [Period covered by report:] Jan-Dec 2007 
	\item  [Contact name:] Steve Lime 
\end{description}

\section*{Key Accomplishments}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  Transformed the MapServer Technical Steering Committee (TSC) into the MapServer Project Steering Committee (PSC) (see RFC-23\footnote{MapServer RFC-23: \url{http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-23/}}) 
	\item  Added four new members to the PSC 
	\item  Three maintenance releases of MapServer 4.10 
	\item  Migrated significant portions of MapServer project infrastructure, specifically CVS and Bugzilla, from the University of Minnesota to OSGeo infrastructure (SVN and Trac) in April 2007 
	\item  Implemented a buildbot\footnote{Buildbot: \url{http://buildbot.osgeo.org:8504/}}
\end{itemize}
	
\subsection{MapServer 5.0 Release}
Released MapServer 5.0 in early September 2007 closing more than 200 tickets. Key features include: 
	\begin{itemize}
	\item  Support for the AGG\footnote{AGG rendering engine: \url{http://www.antigrain.com/}} rendering engine 
	\item  Label prioritization control 
	\item  Style and label attribute binding 
	\item  Dynamic charting capabilities 
	\item  Raster color correction via color lookup table 
	\item  Dynamic allocation for most statically allocated elements (e.g. layers, classes and styles) 
	\item  Improved memory management and garbage collection for MapScript 
	\item  Enhanced debug/logging capabilities 
\end{itemize}

\section*{Areas for Improvement}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  OSGeo incubation process was slow, primarily limited to infrastructure migration from UMN to OSGeo. 
	\item  Like most projects, keeping documentation up-to-date with development remains a challenge. 
	\item  There was little or no time for collaboration with other similar (e.g. MapNik, GeoServer, MapGuide) projects although I guess this is only natural given the other demands of working on a project. 
	\item  The MapServer development team did a poor job representing the new release of MapServer (5.0) at the FOSS4G conference in Victoria. 
\end{itemize}

%\section*{Opportunities to Help}
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%	\item  list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report 
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%\section*{Outlook for 2008}
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%	\item  this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2008 :) 
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