[Freegis-list] OpenMap 4.5 has been released!

[Don Dietrick]

We are pleased to announce that OpenMap 4.5 has been released, and is 
available on the website (http://openmap.bbn.com).  The features of the 
new release are available in the ChangeLog in the package, and were also 
outlined in the pre-release announcement last week 
(http://openmap.bbn.com/mailArchives/openmap-users/2002-05/0888.html).

There are a couple of other new things we'd like to call attention to as 
well. First, the website now has a 'Who's using OpenMap?' page, which 
contains links, screenshots and information about how OpenMap is being 
used.  We'd like to keep adding entries to this page, so please keep 
giving us information about your program - with as much information as 
you'd like - so your efforts can be included in the display.

We've also started a Bugzilla page for OpenMap for bug reporting and 
tracking (http://openmap.bbn.com/bugzilla).  We're in the process of 
populating it with past bug reports, but please feel free to use the 
system to suggest enhancements and feature requests as well.  We hope 
that this system will not only help us track outstanding bugs, but will 
also provide a place where people want to contribute can find out what 
other users need.

Lastly, this release includes code developed by BBN Technologies that 
allows OpenMap to be used as a .NET Web Service.  There is a 
demonstration page for these components at  
http://winmap.bbn.com/OpenMapWeb/webmap.aspx, and the source code is in 
the OpenMap package under openmap/iis.  In order to use these 
components, you must have the IIS web server, the .NET framework and a 
Java 2 JRE installed on your Windows system.  This is an exciting 
addition to OpenMap, providing a dynamic HTML client and/or an interface 
to access and control maps through your .NET application.

As always feedback is always welcome!  Thanks for your patience with 
this release, and we hope the wait was worth it.

The OpenMap Developers
openmap at bbn.com

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Don Dietrick, BBN Technologies, dietrick at bbn.com
10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
617-873-3031 [fax]-2794
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