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Directions Magazine: Autodesk Contributes Web Mapping Software to Open Source Community

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 29, 2005

“As a sign of its support for the growing momentum behind open
source web mapping technologies, Autodesk, Inc. today announced the
company is releasing the code for MapServer Enterprise, the
company’s new web mapping platform, as open source. A snapshot of
the MapServer Enterprise source code is available today through the
new MapServer Foundation, an independent non-profit organization
with the mission of supporting and promoting open source web
mapping. The foundation’s charter members include MapServer
Technical Steering Committee members, the University of Minnesota
MapServer Project, the DM Solutions Group, and Autodesk. A letter
from the group’s leaders detailing their decision to work together
can also be found on the MapServer Foundation web site…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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