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MapGuide Open Source is a web-based platform that enables users to develop and deploy web mapping applications and geospatial web services. MapGuide features an interactive viewer that includes support for feature selection, property inspection, map tips, and operations such as buffer, select within, and measure. MapGuide includes an XML database for managing content, and supports most popular geospatial file formats, databases, and standards. MapGuide can be deployed on Linux or Windows, supports Apache and IIS web servers, and offers extensive PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript APIs for application development. MapGuide Open Source is licensed under the LGPL.

MapGuide Open Source 2.4 released

The project that initially emerged from Autodesk and became MapGuide Open Source just released its version 2.4.

There seems to be numerous improvements to MapGuide OS's core, to Fusion Tools and FDO. Here's what looks like their list of major new items:

A new service for profiling performance (RFC 110)
Web Tier directories now include SVN metadata, allowing for the pulling of viewer updates and fixes instantly with a subversion client (RFC 111)
Path scaling support in Symbol Definitions (RFC 113)
New Feature Service API for save points RFC 114
Improved Coordinate System conversion performance (RFC 116)
IPv6 support (RFC 118)
Support for enhanced URL information in Layer Definitions (RFC 119)
Configurable Coordinate System dictonary paths via serverconfig.ini and webconfig.ini (RFC 122)
Feature Join performance optimizations (RFC 123 and http://themapguyde.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/improving-feature-join-experience-or.html)
Toggle-able tooltips for AJAX and Fusion viewers (RFC 120)
Lots of performance and usability improvements in Fusion (see this link for an overview)
Datum Transformation enhancements (RFC 94)
WMS 1.3.0 support (RFC 95)
QuickPlot? command for AJAX and Fusion viewers (RFC 96)
EPSG/SRID code changes (RFC 98)
WFS 1.1.0 support (RFC 106)
Watermark support (RFC 108)