MapServer
Open-source platform for publishing spatial data
MapServer is a long-standing open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications on the web. It renders maps on the fly from geospatial datasets and serves OGC web services.
Key features
- On-the-fly map rendering
- OGC web services
- Geospatial data publishing
- Mature and stable
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Active community (1.2k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
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