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<span id="id1"></span><h1>About<a class="headerlink" href="#about" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>MapServer is an <a class="reference external" href="https://opensource.org">Open Source</a> geographic data rendering engine written in C.
Beyond browsing GIS data, MapServer allows you create “geographic image maps”,
that is, maps that can direct users to content. For example, the Minnesota DNR
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/compass/index.html">Recreation Compass</a> provides
users with more than 10,000 web pages, reports and maps via a single
application. The same application serves as a “map engine” for other portions
of the site, providing spatial context where needed. For more live examples,
please see the MapServer <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-Site-Gallery">Site Gallery</a>.</p>
<p>MapServer was originally developed by the University of Minnesota (UMN) ForNet
project in cooperation with NASA, and the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (MNDNR). Later it was hosted by the TerraSIP project, a NASA
sponsored project between the UMN and a consortium of land management
interests.</p>
<p>MapServer is one of the founding projects of the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.osgeo.org">OSGeo</a>
foundation, and is maintained by a growing number of developers (nearing 20)
from around the world. It is supported by a diverse group of organizations that fund
enhancements and maintenance, and administered within OSGeo by the MapServer
<a class="reference internal" href="psc.html#psc"><span class="std std-ref">Project Steering Committee</span></a> made up of developers and other
contributors. All source code is openly available via
<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/MapServer/">GitHub</a>.</p>
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<li><p>Advanced cartographic output</p>
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<li><p>Scale dependent feature drawing and application execution</p></li>
<li><p>Feature labeling including label collision mediation</p></li>
<li><p>Fully customizable, template driven output</p></li>
<li><p>TrueType fonts</p></li>
<li><p>Map element automation (scalebar, reference map, and legend)</p></li>
<li><p>Thematic mapping using logical- or regular expression-based classes</p></li>
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<li><p>WMS (client/server), non-transactional WFS (client/server), WMC, WCS,
Filter Encoding, SLD, GML, SOS, OM, OGC API: Features</p></li>
</ul>
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<li><p>A multitude of raster and vector data formats</p>
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<li><p>TIFF/GeoTIFF, NetCDF, MrSID, ECW, and many others via <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-GDAL"><span class="xref std std-term">GDAL</span></a></p></li>
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<a class="reference internal" href="input/vector/flatgeobuf.html#flatgeobuf"><span class="std std-ref">FlatGeobuf</span></a>, Mapbox Vector Tile (MVT),
<a class="reference internal" href="input/vector/oracle.html#oci"><span class="std std-ref">Oracle Spatial</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="input/vector/mysql.html#mysql"><span class="std std-ref">MySQL</span></a> and many
others via <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-OGR"><span class="xref std std-term">OGR</span></a></p></li>
</ul>
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<li><p>Map projection support</p>
<ul>
<li><p>On-the-fly map projection with 1000s of projections through the
<a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-PROJ"><span class="xref std std-term">PROJ</span></a> library</p></li>
</ul>
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>For a list of current companies offering professional MapServer support see
<a class="reference internal" href="community/service_providers.html#service-providers"><span class="std std-ref">Service Providers</span></a>.</p>
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