Project Announcements

The MapGuide Open Source project team is pleased to announce the release of MapGuide Open Source 1.2.0.

Please see the release notes and milestones page for further information about this release.

July 24, 2007 - The MapGuide Open Source project is happy to announce that DM Solutions Group will be contributing their "Fusion" technology to the MapGuide Open Source project. "Fusion" is the project name for a Software Developers Kit that provides tools and templates to speed development of web mapping applications. DM Solutions has worked with MapGuide Open Source since its first release, and saw an opportunity to better meet their clients application needs by creating a new toolkit based on their experience with MapServer - and they made quite a few improvements on the way!

March 8, 2007 - The City of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF), the Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF), Autodesk, and Online Mapping Solutions have worked together to develop a city-wide, dynamic online map of the city’s growing number of trees. The San Francisco Urban Forest Mapping System was developed using a combination of open source and proprietary mapping technologies, with MapGuide Open Source forming the central element. By integrating their two data sets into one, BUF and FUF now have a vital, technology-based tool for tree maintenance and management, enabling urban forest managers to inventory and map existing, future and past tree locations.

March 5, 2007 - OSGeo and the MapGuide Open Source project are pleased to announce that MapGuide Open Source has graduated from the incubation process and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. Graduating incubation includes requirements for open community operation, a responsible project governance model, code provenance and license verification and general good project operation. Graduating incubation is the OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users of the project added confidence in the viability and safety of the project. With the graduation of MapGuide Open Source

January 22, 2007 - The MapGuide Open Source project team is pleased to announce the release of MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0. Major items in this distribution are support for the FDO 3.2 API and direct KML support for Google Earth. [Downloads] [Documentation].

December 3, 2006 - The MapGuide Open Source project team is making MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) available for testing. Major items in this distribution are support for the FDO 3.2 API and direct KML support for Google Earth. [Downloads] [Documentation]

October 14, 2006 - The MapGuide Open Source project team is proud to announce the release of MapGuide Open Source 1.0.2. This release contains numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements. For more information see the release notes.

July 26, 2006 - The MapGuide Open Source project team is proud to announce the release of MapGuide Open Source 1.0.1. This release contains numerous bug fixes and the first version of MapGuide Web Studio. For more information see the release notes.