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\title{MapServer}
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\item Contact name: \textbf{Steve Lime}
\item Website: \url{http://mapserver.org}
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\section{Key Accomplishments}
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\item  MapServer 5.4 released in April 2009:
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\item  Notable features and enhancements include:
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\item  MS RFC 30: Support for WMS 1.3.0
\item  MS RFC 40: Label text alignment and wrapping
\item  MS RFC 44: Restore URL modification of mapfiles to pre-5.0 levels
\item  MS RFC 47: Move IGNORE\_MISSING\_DATA to run-time configuration
\item  MS RFC 48: GEOTRANSFORM Geometry operations
\item  MS RFC 49: Symbology, Labeling, and Cartography Improvements
\item  MS RFC 56: Improved security relative to untrusted directories and mapfiles
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\item  Other notable enhancements include:
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\item  improved polygon label placement
\item  re-write of much of the PostGIS driver code
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\item  MapServer 5.6 released in December 2009
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\item  Notable features and enhancements include:
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\item  MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile schema and XSLT\footnote{MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile schema and XSLT: \url{http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/XMLMapfiles}}
\item  MS RFC 52: One-pass query processing, making WFS queries on database backends much much faster
\item  MS RFC 55: Improve control of output resolution, allows printing maps at printer resolution using a mapfile defined for screen resolution
\item  MS RFC 57: Labeling enhancements: ability to repeat labels along a \nobreak{line/multiline}
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\item  Other notable enhancements include:
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\item  Performance optimizations:
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\item  Load all GDAL image bands in one pass for faster processing
\item  Optimized access to very large shapefiles
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\item  Several enhancements/fixes to OGC Web Services specifications support
\item  Several enhancements/fixes to all flavors of MapScript
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\item Other accomplishments:
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\item  Several releases for older versions tied to security improvements
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\item  The MapServer PSC worked with several 3rd parties who initially identified vulnerabilities
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\item  Most of the MapServer PSC participated in the first C-tribe code sprint in Toronto.
\item  The MapServer project participated in the web mapping server shoot out at FOSS4G 2009.
\item  MapServer had a couple of Google Summer of Code students, our first ever.
\item  Special congratulations to PSC member Daniel Morissette on winning the 2009 Sol Katz award- much deserved!
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\section{Areas for Improvement}
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\item  Keeping documentation up-to-date with development remains a challenge
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\item  Content is spread between the new website and the MapServer trac wiki and it is unclear when to transition between the two
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\item  Google Summer of Code: continue to try and attract more students
\item  Work to attract additional developer talent to the project. We've been pretty stable for the last couple of years.
\item  Cleanup bug backlog (550+ open bugs), and triage new bugs more effectively.
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\section{Opportunities to Help}

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\item  General website and documentation maintenance.
\item  Although much progress has been made we need to add more language support to the documentation.
\item  New coders always welcome, a good way to start is by contributing bug reports and patches.
\item  Experienced users can contribute to the release process by testing the betas and release candidates and reporting their results.
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\section{Outlook for 2010}
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\item  MapServer 6.0 to be release sometime in mid-2010.
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\item  Planned enhancements include:
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\item  Final release of the pluggable renderer API
\item  Mapfile support for object references
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\item  MS4W 3.0 in early 2010
\item  Strong presence at the New York City Code Sprint in February where we will focus on 6.0 release features and performance improvements.
\item  New MapServer logo and website design.
\item  Deployment of multi-language documentation, English and German to start.
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