[mapbuilder-announce] mapbuilder-lib-1.0-rc1 released

[Cameron S. <cam...@gm...>]

I'm excited to announce the first of the Community Mapbuilder 1.0 
release candidates.

We have added a number of features, improved stability, and improved the 
look and feel.

Check it out:
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Want to watch it rain in Africa?  Click play on the Time Series demo at:
http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/mapbuilder-lib-1.0-rc1/demo/timeSeries/index.html

Want to add/edit/delete features in your Transactional Web Feature 
Service (WFS-T) from a web browser?  Then try adding some more roads to 
Tasmania at:
http://bikemap.openearth.com.au:8080/mapbuilder/demo/wfs-t/index.html

How about building your own map?  Use the Context editor to build, view 
and save a Web Map Context (WMC) document:
http://bikemap.openearth.com.au:8080/mapbuilder/demo/contextEditor/index.html

Want to browse back and forward through maps you have viewed?  Try:
http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/mapbuilder-lib-1.0-rc1/demo/Demis/index.html

You can even plot your GeoRSS feeds at:
http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/mapbuilder-lib-1.0-rc1/demo/geoRSS/index.html

About:
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http://mapbuilder.sourceforge.net/

mapbuilder-lib is a browser based (AJAX) web mapping client for Open GIS 
Services.
Functionality:

     * Browser based AJAX client.
     * Browsers supported: Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla 1.3+, Netscape
       6+.
     * Fast client side responses.
     * Configurable web sites.
     * Open Source under the LGNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
     * Modular design makes it easy to add new widgets or data sources.

Specific clients:

     * WMS Map Viewer.
     * WMS Time Series Map Viewer.
     * Geographic Feature Viewer (using GML and/or WFS technologies)
     * Geographic Feature editor and upload to a web based geographic 
database (WFS-T).
     * Web Map Context editor (used to build layers in a map)

Download:
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You can download the latest release from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mapbuilder

Thanks:
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This release is a result of a lot of work from a team of people.  I'd 
especially like to thank, Mike Adair, Patrice Cappelaere, Steven Ottens 
and Matthew Diez for their hard work.