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Release 1.0b2 (beta) of MapRequest is now available. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/maprequest/

This is the third beta for the 1.0 release.

Enhancements:

MapRequest is now distributed as MapRequestSetup.exe (in
addition to the .ZIP files) to make it easier to install
on Windows.
Save the OziExplorer calibration file (.map) by default
when saving images.
Various small changes to map config files.... read more

Release 1.0b2 (beta) of MapRequest is now available. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/maprequest/

This is the second beta for the 1.0 release.

Enhancements:

Cope with sites that return XML as "UTF8" when they mean "UTF-8".
Added various maps (Hong Kong, Arezzo Italy, Sydney Green Web,
NASA OnEarth Web Map Server)

Bug Fixes:

1173755 - No error is displayed when no layers are selected
1173754 - Layer list incorrect for WMS maps
1158071 - Status for WMS maps can be < 100% after errors
1158070 - WMS based maps can fail silently when configuring
1110353 - Problem changing proxy settings
Fixed the ServiceName for ACT Locate. (It changed on the site.)

Release 1.0b1 (beta) of MapRequest is now available. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/maprequest/

This is the first beta of the 1.0 release.

Changes for this release:

The major change for this version is that MapRequest now uses GeoTools 2.0
to provide a coordinate system model. This allows such things as providing
the lat/long of map corners to Ozi, and calculating the metres/pixel scale
for maps.... read more

Release 20041208b (beta) of MapRequest is now available. You can download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/maprequest/

Changes for this release:

Enhancements:

1081085 - Show initial map view when map selected
MapRequest now loads the initial view of the selected map when
you select the map

Bug fixes:

1075856 - Dragging zoom box off the screen does not scroll map
1075867 - (not quite fixed) Scrolling the map makes the zoom box disappear
1075883 - zoom box won't go backwards
1077222 - Cannot zoom out to show full map for narrow maps
1077282 - Layer names that are not in ISO-8859 display as "????"... read more

The beta release for Nov 23rd, 2004 is now available on SourceForge. Enjoy.