[MXD2map-devel] MXD2map released in version 1.0

[Stephan Holl]

Osnabrück, Hamburg, 2011-11-07

MXD2map is a free converter for the generation of UMN
MapServer-compatible Map files from ESRI ArcGIS MXD files. This program
offers the possibility making the map design as usual in the ArcGIS
Desktop GIS. A configuration file for UMN MapServer can be generated at
the touch of a button. UMN MapServer provides the MXD project as an
OGC-compliant WMS or WFS service. This provides a simple yet
cost-effective way to publish existing spatial data including design
requirements as WMS / WFS service.

"The realization of such a tool helps us tremendously in creation of
OGC-compliant WMS services based on UMN MapServer. The usual work on
the desktop with ArcGIS remains unaffected and the benefits of the fast
UMN MapServer can be used easily for intranet/internet
representation.", explains Jörg Gerdes, Head of IT of the German
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg/Germany. The
BSH has been ordered the initial development of MXD2map from Intevation
GmbH.

The BSH is an agency within the German Federal Ministry for Transport,
Building and Urban Affairs with offices in Hamburg and Rostock. The BSH
is an important maritime service provider of the federal government and
provides the maritime geodata center for digital and analog (sea) map
products.

Intevation is an independent IT service provider, which is consistently
based on Free Software. The company consists of experts with the
experience to develop cost-effective IT solutions and maintain it. For
this purpose Free Software (also called "Open Source") is used and all
results and all the necessary knowledge, including the source code, is
passed to the client.

MXD2map is Free Software. It was released under the GNU Lesser General
Public License (GNU LGPL) version 3.

A Windows installer and the source code are available on the website
for download.

Further information can be found on the official website:
http://www.mxd2map.org 


Contact at Intevation GmbH

Stephan Holl
Neuer Graben 17
49074 Osnabrück / Germany
stephan.holl at intevation.de
+49 (0)541 33508 3663 

[Online available at http://www.intevation.de/news.en.html#MXD2map1.0]


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Stephan Holl <stephan.holl at intevation.de> | Tel.: +49 (0)541-33 508 3663
Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 OS  |  AG Osnabrück - HR B 18998
Geschäftsführer:  Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
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