MapGuide Open Source

<p>MapGuide Open Source is a web-based <a href="/facts/Cartography/8YdDAAeX">map-making</a> platform that enables users to quickly develop and deploy web mapping applications and geospatial web services. The application was introduced as <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> by <a href="/facts/Autodesk/6aydGFN5">Autodesk</a> in November 2005, and the code was contributed to the <a href="/facts/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation/TpEU3Cad">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> in March 2006 under the <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">GNU LGPL</a>.
</p><p>MapGuide features an interactive viewer that includes support for feature selection, property inspection, map tips, and operations such as buffer, select within, and measure. MapGuide includes an <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> database for storing and managing content, and supports most common geospatial file formats, databases, and standards. The MapGuide platform can be deployed on <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> or <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, supports <a href="/facts/Apache_HTTP_Server/tcmWYYUq">Apache</a> and <a href="/facts/Internet_Information_Services/nqmfJr3T">IIS</a> web servers, and offers extensive <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, and <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a> for application development.
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MapGuide Open Source