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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Outlook for 2026</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:42, 26 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l24" >Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= Outlook for 2026 =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= Outlook for 2026 =</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''PostGIS Day <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2027</del>:''' Planned event.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''PostGIS Day <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2026</ins>:''' Planned event.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Conference Attendance:''' MapServer developers anticipate attending FOSS4G, FOSS4G EU, FOSS4G NA, and code sprints.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Conference Attendance:''' MapServer developers anticipate attending FOSS4G, FOSS4G EU, FOSS4G NA, and code sprints.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Annual Reports]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Annual Reports]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Reports 2025]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Reports 2025]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Key Accomplishments</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:42, 26 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11" >Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.4.0 (January 2025):''' Introduced support for PCRE2 library, a new CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL, increased LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX, four new COMPOSITE blending operations, and improved encryption key file handling.  Also enabled use_default_extent_for_getfeature for OGC Features API and PostGIS.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.4.0 (January 2025):''' Introduced support for PCRE2 library, a new CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL, increased LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX, four new COMPOSITE blending operations, and improved encryption key file handling.  Also enabled use_default_extent_for_getfeature for OGC Features API and PostGIS.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.6.0 (December 2025):''' Added support for appending additional query parameters for OGCAPI:  Features, a new MapServer index page, enhanced WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality for precise point  identification, a FALLBACK parameter for CLASS objects, and vendorSpecificParameters in the OpenAPI document.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.6.0 (December 2025):''' Added support for appending additional query parameters for OGCAPI:  Features, a new MapServer index page, enhanced WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality for precise point  identification, a FALLBACK parameter for CLASS objects, and vendorSpecificParameters in the OpenAPI document.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Demo Server Maintenance:''' The demo server ([https://demo.mapserver.org]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(https://demo.mapserver.org)</del>)  continues to be updated and maintained, providing a valuable resource for the community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Demo Server Maintenance:''' The demo server ([https://demo.mapserver.org <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MAPSERVER</ins>])  continues to be updated and maintained, providing a valuable resource for the community.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Binary Distributions:'''  Debian binaries are readily available, and OSGeoLive and UbuntuGIS releases are  incorporating the new versions. MS4W users have access to updated builds.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Binary Distributions:'''  Debian binaries are readily available, and OSGeoLive and UbuntuGIS releases are  incorporating the new versions. MS4W users have access to updated builds.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> </table>

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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Key Accomplishments</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:41, 26 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9" >Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The MapServer project has released two major versions in 2025: 8.4.0 (January) and 8.6.0 (December). These  releases include significant new features and improvements to enhance functionality and performance.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The MapServer project has released two major versions in 2025: 8.4.0 (January) and 8.6.0 (December). These  releases include significant new features and improvements to enhance functionality and performance.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.4.0 (January 2025):''' Introduced support for PCRE2 library, a new CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL, increased LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX, four new COMPOSITE blending operations, and improved encryption key file  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.4.0 (January 2025):''' Introduced support for PCRE2 library, a new CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL, increased LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX, four new COMPOSITE blending operations, and improved encryption key file handling.  Also enabled use_default_extent_for_getfeature for OGC Features API and PostGIS.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>handling.  Also enabled use_default_extent_for_getfeature for OGC Features API and PostGIS.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.6.0 (December 2025):''' Added support for appending additional query parameters for OGCAPI:  Features, a new MapServer index page, enhanced WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality for precise point  identification, a FALLBACK parameter for CLASS objects, and vendorSpecificParameters in the OpenAPI document.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''MapServer 8.6.0 (December 2025):''' Added support for appending additional query parameters for OGCAPI:  Features, a new MapServer index page, enhanced WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality for precise point  identification, a FALLBACK parameter for CLASS objects, and vendorSpecificParameters in the OpenAPI document.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Demo Server Maintenance:''' The demo server ([https://demo.mapserver.org](https://demo.mapserver.org))  continues to be updated and maintained, providing a valuable resource for the community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Demo Server Maintenance:''' The demo server ([https://demo.mapserver.org](https://demo.mapserver.org))  continues to be updated and maintained, providing a valuable resource for the community.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;= General information = * Project officer: Steve Lime (Chair) @sdlime * Project page information: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mapserver/ = Key Accomplishments = The Ma...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= General information =<br /> <br /> * Project officer: Steve Lime (Chair) @sdlime<br /> <br /> * Project page information: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mapserver/<br /> <br /> = Key Accomplishments =<br /> <br /> The MapServer project has released two major versions in 2025: 8.4.0 (January) and 8.6.0 (December). These releases include significant new features and improvements to enhance functionality and performance.<br /> <br /> * '''MapServer 8.4.0 (January 2025):''' Introduced support for PCRE2 library, a new CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL, increased LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX, four new COMPOSITE blending operations, and improved encryption key file <br /> handling. Also enabled use_default_extent_for_getfeature for OGC Features API and PostGIS.<br /> * '''MapServer 8.6.0 (December 2025):''' Added support for appending additional query parameters for OGCAPI: Features, a new MapServer index page, enhanced WMS GetFeatureInfo functionality for precise point identification, a FALLBACK parameter for CLASS objects, and vendorSpecificParameters in the OpenAPI document.<br /> * '''Demo Server Maintenance:''' The demo server ([https://demo.mapserver.org](https://demo.mapserver.org)) continues to be updated and maintained, providing a valuable resource for the community.<br /> * '''Binary Distributions:''' Debian binaries are readily available, and OSGeoLive and UbuntuGIS releases are incorporating the new versions. MS4W users have access to updated builds.<br /> <br /> = Participation in Conferences =<br /> <br /> * No specific conference participation details were provided in the release announcements.<br /> <br /> = Budget =<br /> <br /> * Budget from OSGeo: TBD<br /> <br /> = Outlook for 2026 =<br /> <br /> * '''PostGIS Day 2027:''' Planned event.<br /> * '''Conference Attendance:''' MapServer developers anticipate attending FOSS4G, FOSS4G EU, FOSS4G NA, and code sprints.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Annual Reports]]<br /> [[Category: Reports 2025]]</div>

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