http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu A MapServer RFC describes a major change in the technological underpinnings of MapServer, major additions to functionality, or changes in the direction of the project. weekly 1 2005-11-19T22:08:21Z http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-1 This document describes how the MapServer Technical Steering Committee determines membership, and makes decisions on MapServer technical issues. No publisher FrankW 2007-09-13T14:59:08Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-2 Developing inline features or shapes within MapScript can be a bit cumbersome. One alternative would be to allow users to define feature using the Well-Known Text format. The proposed solution would allow users to use this format: No publisher sdlime 2006-01-05T22:17:44Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-3 Change current layer infrastructure from switch based static solution to the virtual table based dynamic solution. The main objectives for this proposal are cleaning and simplifying code and provide a robust architecture to implement dynamic plug-in API for external layer providers. No publisher jaa 2005-12-14T22:33:52Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-4 Additional resampling kernels will be implemented in the MapServer GDAL raster resampler code including "averaging", "bilinear" and "cubic". No publisher FrankW 2005-12-17T17:06:45Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-5 To provide a practical solution to MapServer Bug 411 - Clipping Issue with Ortho Projection: No publisher FrankW 2006-11-30T14:41:43Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-6 This proposal addresses the need to be able to easily map continuous feature values to a continuous range of colors. No publisher bbinko 2005-12-14T19:36:36Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-7 Procedures for selecting CVS committers, and rules for committers. No publisher FrankW 2008-07-02T13:37:18Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-7.1 To formalize SVN commit access, and specify some guidelines for SVN committers. No publisher tomkralidis 2008-07-02T13:32:18Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-8 Provide a way to user actually plug-in external third party feature layer providers to the mapserver at run time. No publisher jaa 2005-12-14T22:33:25Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-9 A the moment processing of attributes exposed via query templates is limited to a couple forms of escaping. This RFC describes a simple scheme to allow for extended processing of attributes before sending to the a users. No publisher sdlime 2007-03-13T18:28:47Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-10 The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) presents a unique opportunity for MapServer in that it can provide an umbrella organization that can provide benefits and possibilities that a project by itself simply cannot provide. This RFC will outline what those benefits can be to the project, define MapServer's role in participating, and describe the unique process of how we propose to decide to join. No publisher hobu 2006-02-21T16:04:26Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-12 Implement unit testing for the c portion of mapserver code. No publisher unicoletti 2006-03-03T10:55:16Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-11 This RFC addresses one of the most frequently requested features for MapServer- labels that follow curved linear features. No publisher sdlime 2006-02-21T16:54:57Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-13 Support of Sensor Observation Service in Mapserver. No publisher yassefa 2006-06-04T16:39:25Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-14 Current it is possible to have features with pixel coordinates and to draw them by setting TRANSFORM FALSE in a layer definition. However the coordinates are relative to the upper lefthand corner of the image (0,0) which makes it impossible to anchor things like copyright statements to the other corners of the images if the image size can change (e.g. via WMS). No publisher sdlime 2006-05-18T20:44:51Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-15 The purpose of this change is to get a significant performance boost by removing "big locks" from the code. It would add a significal improvement of the applications having high number of multiple threads executed simultaneously. This activity could bring in a more feasible support for some application models not really aimed at now like Microsoft ASP.NET. May result in higher clarity of the code by determining the code segments affected by multiple threads. No publisher szekerest 2006-08-07T22:38:32Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-16 Provide MapScript access to WMS/WFS/WCS services for customization. No publisher FrankW 2006-07-15T02:12:40Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-17 Modify the MapServer core libraries so that lists of layers, classes and styles are dynamic, not fixed to compile limits MS_MAXCLASSES, MS_MAXSTYLES, MS_MAXLAYERS and MS_MAXSYMBOLS. No publisher FrankW 2007-09-05T20:04:11Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-18 This proposal provides a mechanism to protect database connection passwords used inside mapfiles by encrypting them instead of including them in plain text. No publisher dmorissette 2006-08-11T17:35:01Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-19 Presently MapServer supports binding of label and style properties for a few select attributes (e.g. angle). However, it is cumbersome to add new bindings which leads to unecessarily complex structures and code that is difficult to maintain. This RFC presents ideas to bring a bit of order to that chaos and make expansion of this capability easier to achive. No publisher sdlime 2008-07-17T15:45:29Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-21 To add support to MapServer to apply color correction curves (aka lookup tables) to raster images on the fly. No publisher FrankW 2007-07-13T17:10:16Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-22a Currently the various query operations involve multiple accesses to the data providers which may cause a significant performance impact depending on the providers. In the first phase all of the features in the given search area are retrieved and the index of the relevant shapes are stored in the result cache. In the second phase the features in the result cache are retrieved form the provider one by one. Retaining the shapes in the memory we could eliminate the need of the subsequent accesses to the providers and increase the overall performance of the query. Implementing the cache requires a transformation of the data between the data provider and the client. From this aspect it is desirable to provide a framework to implement this transformation in a higher level of abstraction. No publisher szekerest 2007-06-26T15:05:13Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-23 This document describes how the MapServer Project Steering Committee (formerly the Technical Steering Committee) determines membership, and makes decisions on MapServer technical and project managment issues. No publisher sdlime 2008-01-25T17:06:24Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-24-FIRSTDRAFT Describe an implementation of a unified memory management solution for mapscript that addresses current issues with garbage collection in the hosting languages (c#, java, perl, python,ruby,tcl). No publisher unicoletti 2007-04-24T09:02:50Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-24 Describe an implementation of a unified memory management solution for mapscript that addresses current issues with garbage collection in the hosting languages (c#, java, perl, python,ruby,tcl). No publisher unicoletti 2008-01-10T15:00:29Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-25 At present MapServer uses different pixel and extent model than defined by OGC services such as WCS and WMS. Although it has been dealt with successfully over the years the differences have led to various subtle bugs. In addition, it is not clear that users completely understand the differences which again can lead to subtle problems. This RFC proposes to update the MapServer models to match those presented in OGC service specifications. No publisher sdlime 2007-10-24T04:39:17Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-26 Mapserver terminology is mostly good and consistent, with a few exceptions. The two that generate the most confusion and TRANSPARENCY (layerObj) and various scale referencing parameters (e.g. MINSCALE). No publisher sdlime 2007-07-16T17:16:45Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-27 This RFC introduces a new PRIORITY parameter on the LABEL object to control the order in which labels are rendered. No publisher dmorissette 2007-09-05T19:58:40Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-28 MapServer 4.10 and older used to have multiple LOG/DEBUG output mechanisms that did not play well together. In order to improve the usability of the software this RFC proposes a new LOG/DEBUG output mechanism with more control on the output location (logfile or stderr) and that works under all supported web servers. No publisher dmorissette 2007-09-05T20:00:12Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-29 This RFC proposes the addition of simple dynamic charting capability in MapServer 5.0 based on the patch proposed by Thomas Bonfort in ticket #1800. No publisher dmorissette 2007-09-06T10:14:22Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-30 This RFC documents the changes required in order to upgrade MapServer's OGC WMS support to version 1.3.0 of the specification. No publisher dmorissette 2007-09-05T20:02:43Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-31 This RFC addresses the ability of the MapServer tokenizer to work from strings as well as files. It covers mapscript and url-based string sources. No publisher sdlime 2007-09-20T21:01:10Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-32 This RFC details the addition of AGG, a high-performance 2-D rendering engine, to MapServer as an output option. No publisher sdlime 2007-07-24T20:24:17Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-33 This RFC details removal of the function msLayerWhichItems in maplayer.c and the resulting changes to the rest of the code base. This change is necessary in support of feature caching for long running processes and to facilitate one-pass queries. No publisher sdlime 2007-07-24T20:24:18Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-34 This RFC documents the MapServer Release Manager role and the phases of MapServer's Release Process. No publisher dmorissette 2007-07-19T21:19:01Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-35 This RFC introduces a mechanism to tell mapserver to enforce OGC standards compliance, or alternatively to be permissive. It also details short term adjustments to handling of the STYLE= required parameter in MapServer 5. No publisher FrankW 2007-12-07T20:04:22Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-36 No publisher sdlime 2007-11-20T05:52:55Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-37 This RFC details optional improvements to MapServer's Spatial Reference description, acquisition, and definition for LAYERs. No publisher hobu 2007-11-01T22:11:30Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-38 To provide a read-only, native MapServer driver that connects to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (henceforth called SQL Server) on Windows as a PLUGIN datasource driver. No publisher hobu 2007-11-14T03:06:08Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-39 Add Support of WMS/SLD named styles in MapServer No publisher assefa 2008-06-25T16:24:12Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-40 This RFC proposes the addition of simple label text transformations, such as text centering or conditional line wrapping based on line lengths No publisher tbonfort 2007-12-03T13:27:10Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-41 It is proposed to extend MapServer to support the WCS 1.1 protocol. MapServer already supports the WCS 1.0 protocol, but WCS 1.1 is significantly different. No publisher FrankW 2008-04-16T05:09:15Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-42 This RFC propose to extend MapServer to forward HTTP Cookies when doing OWS requests. No publisher juliensam 2008-04-30T14:47:00Z Page http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-43 No publisher dmorissette 2008-05-02T13:55:04Z Page