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Request For Comments (RFCs)

• Request for Comments
  • MS RFC 1: Technical Steering Committee Guidelines
  • MS RFC 2: Creating line features and/or shapes using WKT
  • MS RFC 3: Feature Layer Plug-in Architecture
  • MS RFC 4: MapServer Raster Resampling
  • MS RFC 5: MapServer Horizon Reprojection Improvements
  • MS RFC 6: Color Range Mapping of Continuous Feature Values
  • MS RFC 7: MapServer CVS Commit Management
  • MS RFC 7.1: MapServer SVN Commit Management
  • MS RFC 7.2: MapServer Git Push Management
  • MS RFC 8: Pluggable External Feature Layer Providers
  • MS RFC 9: Item tag for query templates
  • MS RFC 10: Joining the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
  • MS RFC 11: Support for Curved Labels
  • MS RFC 12: C code Unit tests
  • MS RFC 13: Support of Sensor Observation Service in MapServer
  • MS RFC 14: Relative Coordinates for INLINE features
  • MS RFC 15: Support for thread neutral operation of MapServer/MapScript
  • MS RFC 16: MapScript WxS Services
  • MS RFC 17: Dynamic Allocation of layers, styles, classes and symbols
  • MS RFC 18: Encryption of passwords in mapfiles
  • MS RFC 19: Style & Label attribute binding
  • MS RFC 21: MapServer Raster Color Correction
  • MS RFC 22a: Feature cache for long running processes and query processing
  • MS RFC 23: Technical Steering Committee Guidelines
  • MS RFC 25: Align MapServer pixel and extent models with OGC models
  • MS RFC 26: Version 5 Terminology Cleanup
  • MS RFC 27: Label Priority
  • MS RFC 28: Redesign of LOG/DEBUG output mechanisms
  • MS RFC 29: Dynamic Charting Capability
  • MS RFC 30: Support for WMS 1.3.0
  • MS RFC 31: Loading MapServer Objects from Strings
  • MS RFC 32: Support for Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) Rendering Engine
  • MS RFC 33: Removing msLayerWhichItems() from maplayer.c
  • MS RFC 34: MapServer Release Manager and Release Process
  • MS RFC 35: Standards Compliance Enforcement
  • MS RFC 36: Simplified template support for query output
  • MS RFC 37: MapServer Spatial Reference Improvements and Additions
  • MS RFC 38: Native Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Driver for MapServer
  • MS RFC 39: Support of WMS/SLD Named Styles
  • MS RFC 40: Support Label Text Transformations
  • MS RFC 41: Support of WCS 1.1.x Protocol
  • MS RFC 42: Support of Cookies Forwarding
  • MS RFC 43: Direct tile generation for Google Maps and Virtual Earth API
  • MS RFC 44: Restore URL modification of mapfiles to pre-5.0 levels
  • MS RFC 45: Symbology, Labeling, and Cartography Improvements
  • MS RFC 46: Migrate Website to OSGeo
  • MS RFC 47: Move IGNORE_MISSING_DATA to run-time configuration
  • MS RFC 48: GEOTRANSFORM Geometry operations
  • MS RFC 49: Symbology, Labeling, and Cartography Improvements
  • MS RFC 50: OpenGL Rendering Support
  • MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile Format
  • MS RFC 52: One-pass query processing
  • MS RFC 53: Guidelines for MapScript method return values
  • MS RFC 54: Rendering Interface API
  • MS RFC 55: Improve control of output resolution
  • MS RFC 56: Tighten control of access to mapfiles and templates
  • MS RFC 57: Labeling enhancements: ability to repeat labels along a line/multiline
  • MS RFC 58: Kml Output
  • MS RFC 59: Add Variable Binding to Database Connection Types
  • MS RFC 60: Labeling enhancement: ability to skip ANGLE FOLLOW labels with too much character overlap
  • MS RFC 61: Enhance MapServer Feature Style Support
  • MS RFC 62: Support Additional WFS GetFeature Output Formats
  • MS RFC 63: Built-in OpenLayers map viewer
  • MS RFC 64 - MapServer Expression Parser Overhaul
  • MS RFC 65 - Single-pass Query Changes for 6.0
  • MS RFC 66: Better handling of temporary files
  • MS RFC 67: Enable/Disable Layers in OGC Web Services
  • MS RFC 68: Support for combining features from multiple layers
  • MS RFC 69: Support for clustering of features in point layers
  • MS RFC 70: Integration of TinyOWS in MapServer project
  • MS RFC 71: Integration of Mod-Geocache in the MapServer project
  • MS RFC 72: Layer and Label-Level Geomtransforms
  • MS RFC 73: Improved SVG symbols support
  • MS RFC 74: Includes from non-file connections (eg Databases)
  • MS RFC 75: INSPIRE view service support
  • MS RFC 76: Adding License Metadata to Output Images
  • MS RFC 77: Support for Multiple Label Objects Within a Class
  • MS RFC 78: Vector Field Rendering (CONNECTIONTYPE UVRASTER)
  • MS RFC 79: Layer Masking
  • MS RFC 80: Font Fallback Support
  • MS RFC 81: Offset Labels with Leader Lines
  • MS RFC 82: Support for Enhanced Layer Metadata Management
  • MS RFC 83: Source tree reorganization
  • MS RFC 84: Migrate project repository from svn to git
  • MS RFC 85: Vector Contour Rendering (CONNECTIONTYPE CONTOUR)
  • MS RFC 86: Scale-dependant String Substitutions
  • MS RFC 87: Bitmap pattern support
  • MS RFC 88: Saving MapServer Objects to Strings
  • MS RFC 89: Layer Geomtransforms
  • MS RFC 90: Enable/Disable Layers in OGC Web Services by IP Lists
  • MS RFC 91: Layer Filter Normalization
  • MS RFC 92: Migrating from Autotools to CMake
  • MS RFC 93: UTF Grid Support
  • MS RFC 94: Shape Smoothing
  • MS RFC 95: Support for lists in expression parser
  • MS RFC 96: Time Dimension Support in MapCache Tilesets
  • MS RFC 97: Dynamic creation of higher zoom levels tiles
  • MS RFC 98: Label/Text Rendering Overhaul
  • MS RFC 99: Remove support for GD renderer
  • MS RFC 100: Support for tile index with mixed SRS in raster layers
  • MS RFC 101: Add Support for Content Dependent Legend Responses
  • MS RFC 102: Support of Styleitem JavaScript Plugin
  • MS RFC 103: Layer Level Character Encoding Handling
  • MS RFC 104: Replace BITMAP labels with embedded Truetype font
  • MS RFC 105: Support for WFS 2.0 (server side)
  • MS RFC 106: Support of Geomtransform JavaScript Plugin
  • MS RFC 107: Support for the edge of pixel (OGC) extent model in MapServer
  • MS RFC 108: Dynamic Heatmap (Kernel Density Estimation) Layers
  • MS RFC 109: Optimizing Runtime Substitutions

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