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.. _home:

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 Welcome to MapServer
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MapServer is an `Open Source`_ platform for publishing spatial data and
interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the
mid-1990's at the University of Minnesota, MapServer is released under an
:ref:`MIT-style license <license>`, and runs on all major platforms
(:ref:`windows`, :ref:`linux`, :ref:`osx`).
MapServer is not a full-featured `GIS`_ system, nor does it aspire to
be.  See the `Site Gallery <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-Site-Gallery>`__
for live examples of MapServer in action.

The MapServer :ref:`Project Steering Committee (PSC)<psc>`, sanctioned by
`OSGeo`_, manages and administers the project which is maintained, improved,
and supported by developers and users from around the world.
See the :ref:`community activities <community>` page for mailing
lists, etc.

.. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5842012.svg
   :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5842012
   :alt: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for MapServer

.. tip::
    Follow MapServer on `Twitter <https://twitter.com/mapserver_osgeo/>`__

:ref:`More about MapServer <about>`

.. note:: For a list of current companies offering professional MapServer support see
   :ref:`Service Providers <service_providers>`.
   
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    <script src="_static/openlayers/OpenLayers.js"></script>
    <script src="_static/ol.js"></script>
    <table style="height:250px;width:70%"><tr>
    <td id="olmaptd" width="100%" style="width:100%;height:100%;padding-top:25px;text-align:right;">
    <div id="map" style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px;"></div>
    <span style="width:100%;text-align:right;font-size:x-small;">
    University of Minnesota, birthplace of MapServer. Data © <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors. (<a href="https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/RenderingOsmDataWindows">steps&hellip;</a>)
    </span>
    </td>
    </tr></table>   

MapServer Suite Home
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:ref:`MapServer, MapCache, TinyOWS home <products>`

Download the MapServer Suite
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:ref:`Download the suite <download>`

Recent Announcements
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View all :ref:`Announcements`.

.. _`GIS`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system
.. _`Open Source`: https://opensource.org/
.. _`OSGeo`: https://www.osgeo.org

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  about
  products
  community/index
  download
  documentation
  development/index
  psc