[Freegis-list] GeoServer 1.4.0 Released

[Chris Holmes]

The GeoServer Project is pleased to announce the release of version 
1.4.0.  The big push has been the transition of GeoServer's architecture 
to a more modular, programmer friendly environment based on Spring 
(http://springframework.org).  And from the user perspective there are 
several improvements for scalability and stability, along with many 
little fixes so that everything 'just works'.

GeoServer is an open source, standards-based server of geospatial 
information, connecting spatial databases and files to the variety of 
clients that make up the 'geospatial web', and allowing user contributed 
editing through standard web-based interfaces.  GeoServer can be 
downloaded at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Latest   And there 
is now a demo site of GeoServer at http://sigma.openplans.org, and we've 
just started a blog at http://blog.geoserver.org for people to follow 
GeoServer without having to dive in to the full traffic of the mailing 
lists

In addition to some improved memory management for much better 
scalability, there is also new support for on the fly reprojection with 
KML output, allowing one to serve data from most any spatial projection 
in to Google Earth with no additional configuration.  KML has some 
improvements in styling as well, there is a new German translation of 
the web admin tool, and the embedded Jetty server has been upgraded to 
the latest version.  Outputting Shapefiles and gzipped GML, PDFs and SVG 
have also been much improved, allowing users to get at the raw data 
behind the map in the format they prefer.  The full changelog is at: 
http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?requestId=12054

 From the developer side, just as Ruby on Rails was extracted from 
Basecamp, so too is the GeoServer team starting down the path of turning 
the core architecture of GeoServer to be used as a generic framework, 
but in this case for spatial applications.  Potential services like 
geocoding, web processing, routing and more will be able to leverage the 
same data configuration and extensive GeoTools toolkit that GeoServer 
uses.  Developers will be able to write new plug-ins and distribute them 
independently of GeoServer, and users will have much more control over 
what to include in their distribution of GeoServer.  This will be a 
continuing evolution, but already a Web Coverage Service is available in 
its first beta (on 1.5.x at 
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Experimental), written as a module 
on top of the core architecture.

This represents a substantial investment in GeoServer's future, and we 
welcome all developers and users to join us.  The community already has 
WFS 1.1 support near completion, as well as a catalog server in the 
works.  There is also some exciting experimentation with versioning and 
wiki-like functionality with the editing of maps through the 
transactional WFS.

About GeoServer
***************

GeoServer is an Open Source server that connects your information to the 
geospatial web.  Its focus is ease of use and support for standards, 
including serving as WFS 1.0 Reference Implementation (and soon to be 
1.1 as well).  The goal is to serve as 'glue' for the geospatial web, 
connecting from legacy databases and formats to many diverse clients. 
GeoServer includes easy to use installers, web administration tools, and 
demos to get you going quickly.  GeoServer's homepage is 
http://geoserver.org, and more information on features can be found at 
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Features The release can be 
downloaded at: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Latest  The 
GeoServer Project is completely open source, in license and development 
process, built by a diverse community of contributors 
(http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Contributors), whom you are 
encouraged to join.  GeoServer is built on GeoTools, a project of the 
Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation http://osgeo.org

About The Open Planning Project (TOPP)
*************************************
http://topp.openplans.org

TOPP's mission is to build technology to enhance the role of the citizen 
in democratic society. We believe that a more informed and empowered 
populace will effect real change. TOPP draws inspiration from the ideas, 
processes and success of the open source software movement. To that end 
our tools enhance government transparency and provide opportunity for 
citizen participation in shaping society.

TOPP provides funding and leadership for the development of GeoServer, 
to help create a more open, interoperable infrastructure of geographic 
information. TOPP's interest in this is urban planning, so that 
geographic data is more available and open to enable citizen involvement 
through the use of simulations and modeling that can be built on top of 
the base data. But GeoServer is run in a true open source fashion, able 
to meet a variety of needs, and developed by a number of organizations. 
TOPP supports a diverse community of commercial providers, and does take 
on work related to GeoServer when related to its core mission. Any 
'profit' made from providing services on GeoServer is re-invested back 
in to the core, building a sustainable open source project that many can 
use and improve for their needs.
-- 
Chris Holmes
The Open Planning Project
http://topp.openplans.org
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