# MapServer

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/mapserver/

Open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive maps to the web.

MapServer is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. It supports OGC services including WMS, WFS, WCS, and OGC API Features, with Mapfile-based configuration and MapScript bindings. It is a lightweight self-hosted complement to GeoServer and pygeoapi.

## Details

- Type: web-app

- Categories: mapping, tiles, vector

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: MIT

- Platforms: linux, macos, windows

## Features

- Serves OGC WMS, WFS, WCS and OGC API

- Mapfile-based declarative map configuration

- MapScript bindings for Python, PHP and Java

- Reads many formats via GDAL and OGR

- PostGIS and Oracle Spatial data support

- Runs as CGI or FastCGI service

## Project sources

- Website: https://www.mapserver.org/

- Documentation: https://www.mapserver.org/documentation.html

- Repository: https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer

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