MapServer 8.0 Adds OGC APIs and FlatGeobuf Data Sources
MapServer 8.0 was announced last night; adding, amongst other improvements, two features that stand out:
- Initial OGC API support has been added, allowing to expose layers specified in the Mapfile to be exposed as collections and the layer’s features as items.
- FlatGeobuf is now natively supported as a datasource for Web Map Service and Web Feature Service APIs.
MapServer, together with PostGIS, was one of the first open-source GIS libraries I used as a Geography student some 20 years ago. If my memory isn’t too clouded, MapServer was among the first open-source products to implement OGC standards. Fantastic news that it’s still under active development and keeping up with the latest developments in the industry.