ticket summary component reported version milestone type status created _changetime _description _reporter 539 OpenLayers map on homepage may appear blank on new install MS4W - Base 5.2.0 5.2.1 release defect new 2026-06-03T18:17:01-03:00 2026-06-03T18:28:24-03:00 "- initially reported by @tchaddad - honestly I once saw this happen during the 5.2.0 release candidate process - in my case, it only happened on my heavily used machine, with tons of tabs open, in Firefox (that was running a long time, weeks likely, without an update) - by ""heavily used"" I mean I was running the setup.exe installer over and over again into different ports and folders and tabs, and eventually one run caused a blank map in the !OpenLayers map on MS4W's homepage (127.0.0.1) - clearing the browser cache didn't fix it - magically, I closed Firefox (hard restarted it) and I have never seen this issue since Needs more research (and hopefully steps to replicate here). From quick research I notice other !OpenLayers users with somewhat similar reports: - https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/issues/15839 This will be a tough one. Hmm. Any more findings @tchaddad?? Seems like some sort of memory issue. Difficult to know yet if a change is needed inside the actual !MapServer source code, or to MS4W's embedded !OpenLayers code." Jeff McKenna 251 add pygeoapi package MS4W - Packages 4.0.2 5.2.1 release enhancement new 2020-01-21T09:07:12-04:00 2026-05-28T11:12:17-03:00 https://docs.pygeoapi.io/en/latest/installation.html Jeff McKenna 534 CRITICAL: package updated MapServer possibly as patch (to include 2 recent vulnerability fixes) MS4W - MapServer 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-06-02T15:09:12-03:00 2026-06-02T15:24:50-03:00 "- see today's !MapServer announcement: https://mapserver.org/#recent-announcements - possibly include this as a patch for MS4W 5.2.0 - as a separate zipfile - setup.exe could also extract the patch on top of 5.2.0 Marked as CRITICAL (and time sensitive)" Jeff McKenna 320 Additional XSS protection for the usage of SVG files? MS4W - Apache 4.0.5 future enhancement new 2021-04-08T20:55:08-03:00 2026-01-14T14:16:51-04:00 "This config modification was suggested in a Joomla security notice, and I wondered if you think it worth including in MS4W: ''""This rule will protect users of svg files from potential Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.""'' {{{ Header always set Content-Security-Policy ""script-src 'none'"" }}} " TC Haddad 305 upgrade ZOO-Project package to the 2.1.0 release MS4W - Packages 4.0.5 future task new 2020-12-18T07:53:00-04:00 2026-05-22T11:02:52-03:00 " - important that the MS4W ZOO-Project package is updated to the 2.0 release Marking ticket as 'critical'." Jeff McKenna 472 upgrade to PHP 8.5.6 MS4W - PHP 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2025-11-25T12:25:27-04:00 2026-05-23T09:43:55-03:00 "- 8.5.0 news release: https://www.php.net/releases/8.5/en.php - 8.4 to 8.5 Migration Guide: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration85.php setting milestone to 'future', to not impact the upcoming MS4W 5.2.0 release" Jeff McKenna 493 upgrade zlib to 1.3.2 release MS4W - GDAL 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-02-17T11:19:28-04:00 2026-05-23T09:43:40-03:00 Jeff McKenna 529 upgrade PostgreSQL support to 18.4 release MS4W - GDAL 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-05-14T11:31:11-03:00 2026-05-23T09:43:24-03:00 Jeff McKenna 530 upgrade GLib library to 2.89.0 release MS4W - GDAL 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-05-20T15:55:35-03:00 2026-05-23T09:43:09-03:00 Jeff McKenna 533 upgrade HarfBuzz to 14.2.1 release MS4W - MapServer 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-06-02T08:40:40-03:00 2026-06-02T08:40:40-03:00 Jeff McKenna 535 upgrade OpenSSL to upcoming 3.5.7 release MS4W - GDAL 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-06-03T09:21:20-03:00 2026-06-03T09:21:20-03:00 Jeff McKenna 536 upgrade poppler to 26.06.0 release MS4W - GDAL 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-06-03T09:22:42-03:00 2026-06-03T09:27:20-03:00 Jeff McKenna 537 upgrade Mapbender to 4.2.6 release MS4W - Packages 5.2.0 5.2.1 release task new 2026-06-03T09:28:12-03:00 2026-06-03T09:28:12-03:00 Jeff McKenna 11 Add an istSOS package MS4W - Packages 3.1.0-beta4 future enhancement new 2015-08-18T15:06:40-03:00 2021-10-20T11:19:44-03:00 " - http://istsos.org/en/v2.2.0/doc/installation.html - likely would require adding a Python 2.7 environment to MS4W, as well as PostgreSQL/PostGIS" Jeff McKenna 12 Add a Magnacarto package MS4W - Packages 3.1.0-beta4 future enhancement new 2015-08-18T15:09:32-03:00 2021-10-20T11:20:04-03:00 " - https://github.com/omniscale/magnacarto - allows generation of mapfiles through CartoCSS" Jeff McKenna 45 Add MongoDB driver to GDAL build MS4W - GDAL 3.1.2 future enhancement new 2016-02-22T10:13:43-04:00 2024-09-30T15:52:16-03:00 " - available since GDAL 3.0 - see https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/mongodbv3.html" Jeff McKenna 59 Feedback: Setup.exe should allow using local zip or proxy MS4W - setup.exe Installer 3.1.4 future enhancement new 2016-05-24T15:22:28-03:00 2026-05-22T11:37:28-03:00 "From Jukka: {{{ I was planning to try the MS4W installer (.exe) but it was not so easy from behind a proxy server. I suggest either a) add an option to run installer with pre-downloaded zip file or b) add on option to configure proxy server before installer begins to download. }}}" Jeff McKenna 64 Add LASlib package MS4W - Packages 3.1.4 future enhancement new 2016-05-30T18:15:25-03:00 2024-09-30T15:50:43-03:00 "- new repo: https://github.com/LAStools/LAStools/tree/master/LASlib old: - add package that contains the libLAS utilities (https://liblas.org/utilities/index.html) - compile instructions: https://liblas.org/compilation.html" Jeff McKenna 75 Examine Mapigniter2 as possible admin frontend MS4W - Base 3.1.4 future enhancement new 2016-08-04T10:30:29-03:00 2021-10-20T11:25:04-03:00 https://github.com/taviroquai/mapigniter2 Jeff McKenna 136 Add GDAL profile demo as part of ZOO-Project package MS4W - Packages 3.2.2 future enhancement new 2017-09-14T21:03:56-03:00 2026-05-22T11:37:49-03:00 - http://zoo-project.org/examples/gdal_profile.html Jeff McKenna 169 Add QGIS Desktop package (with mapfile export plugin) MS4W - Base 3.2.7 future enhancement new 2018-05-04T18:02:41-03:00 2026-05-12T12:39:55-03:00 " - should meet huge needs of community to style & classify layers more easily, and save to a mapfile - leverage the QGIS 2.x plugin ""RT !MapServer Exporter"" originally developed by Faunalia: - homepage: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ - github: https://github.com/faunalia/rt_mapserver_exporter - depends on Python !MapScript - update old exporter code for QGIS 3.x" Jeff McKenna 219 add PHP-GEOS bindings MS4W - PHP 4.0.0 future enhancement new 2019-05-22T10:26:14-03:00 2021-10-20T11:26:27-03:00 " - unfortunately no Windows support though - https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/geos/php-geos " Jeff McKenna 247 add NITF, E57 plugins for PDAL MS4W - Packages 4.0.2 future enhancement new 2020-01-03T13:30:42-04:00 2024-09-30T15:41:58-03:00 " - see list at https://pdal.io/download#id3 - PCL was moved to 'unsupported' plugin in 2019 (https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/2651) - sample data https://pdal.io/quickstart.html#fetch-sample-data - sample E57 data https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/pdal/2020-March/002106.html " Jeff McKenna 248 add -D ENABLE_CDF5=ON for NetCDF builds MS4W - Packages 4.0.2 future enhancement new 2020-01-03T13:48:19-04:00 2021-10-20T11:27:21-03:00 " - see https://github.com/conda-forge/libnetcdf-feedstock/issues/42 - sample data: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu.pwessel/pwessel/grav_29_img.nc" Jeff McKenna 257 add rasterio package MS4W - Python 4.0.3 future enhancement new 2020-02-17T14:28:31-04:00 2024-09-30T15:37:52-03:00 https://rasterio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html Jeff McKenna 258 add GeoPandas package MS4W - Python 4.0.3 future enhancement new 2020-02-17T14:31:17-04:00 2024-09-30T15:37:35-03:00 https://geopandas.org/install.html Jeff McKenna 307 add LuaJIT to osm2pgsql build MS4W - Tools 4.0.5 future enhancement new 2021-01-11T13:10:54-04:00 2026-01-12T17:14:26-04:00 " - possibly speeds up processing time by ~2 hours - https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2021/01/msg00002.html (MS4W already includes Lua support, but not LuaJIT)" Jeff McKenna 341 meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines MS4W - Base 4.0.5 future enhancement new 2021-06-10T14:54:38-03:00 2026-01-14T11:27:38-04:00 "(mentioned recently on a mailing list, the importance of having accessible web content, that meets the WCAG 2.1 standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/) - make localhost page more accessible - make ms4w.com pages more accessible " Jeff McKenna 463 include GDAL bash completion file MS4W - GDAL 5.0.0 future enhancement new 2025-06-03T11:40:07-03:00 2026-01-14T11:26:50-04:00 "- `/share/bash-completion/completions/gdal` - https://gdal.org/en/stable/programs/gdal_bash_completion.html" Jeff McKenna 255 Add librasterlite2 support MS4W - GDAL 4.0.3 future task new 2020-02-04T10:57:08-04:00 2024-09-30T15:38:12-03:00 " - main: https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/librasterlite2/index - discussion steps: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/gdal-dev-quot-latest-quot-rasterlite2-td5428986.html - fossil HEAD requires GDAL 3 / PROJ 6" Jeff McKenna 312 add OpenGL Rendering Support MS4W - MapServer 4.0.5 future task new 2021-02-26T12:48:13-04:00 2021-10-20T11:28:47-03:00 "- available since !MapServer 6.0 " Jeff McKenna 351 add note about http OPTIONS as a possible Apache security prevention MS4W - Documentation 4.0.5 future task new 2021-10-12T13:11:05-03:00 2026-05-22T11:42:51-03:00 " - discussed in https://github.com/MapServer/mapcache/issues/268 - likely at minimum we should document this in the MS4W readme Thoughts? (I'm hesitant to make the change to all directories served through MS4W suddenly, for this. My thinking is that this should instead be documented, for those power users) " Jeff McKenna 363 add OpenEXR raster format MS4W - GDAL 4.0.5 future task new 2021-12-24T08:36:13-04:00 2024-09-30T14:41:37-03:00 https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr Jeff McKenna 369 enable MVT through MapCache MS4W - MapCache 4.0.5 future task new 2022-02-23T10:24:35-04:00 2026-01-12T17:04:57-04:00 "- as mentioned on the mapserver-users list, it is not easy to implement MVT support in !MapServer - enhance the existing MVT demo in MS4W, by enabling MVT through !MapCache, by default" Jeff McKenna 386 add how to define custom projections (with recent PROJ) into README MS4W - Documentation 4.0.5 future task new 2023-01-17T11:46:59-04:00 2026-01-12T16:56:12-04:00 "- related questions: - https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2021-December/082437.html - https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2022-January/082438.html" Jeff McKenna 393 add TileDB support MS4W - GDAL 4.0.5 future task new 2023-05-27T17:36:28-03:00 2026-01-12T16:57:14-04:00 https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB Jeff McKenna 394 add SOSI support MS4W - GDAL 4.0.5 future task new 2023-05-27T17:40:27-03:00 2024-09-30T14:22:33-03:00 https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/sosi.html#vector-sosi Jeff McKenna 397 add support for (Geo)Parquet MS4W - GDAL 4.0.5 future task new 2023-07-04T14:12:29-03:00 2024-09-30T14:22:20-03:00 - must add the Apache Arrow C++ library: https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/main/cpp Jeff McKenna 432 add OpenLayers + WFS example MS4W - Packages 5.0.0 future task new 2024-11-08T14:27:45-04:00 2026-01-12T15:21:14-04:00 - similar to the WMS example already included in MS4W (see [https://ms4w.dev/openlayers/examples/mapserver-wms.html demo]). Jeff McKenna 435 upgrade osm2pgsql to 2.2.0 release MS4W - Tools 5.0.0 future task new 2024-12-02T08:19:16-04:00 2026-01-12T15:19:28-04:00 Jeff McKenna 532 point to Securing Your Installation steps on index.phtml MS4W - Documentation 5.2.0 5.2.1 release enhancement new 2026-05-26T11:53:28-03:00 2026-05-26T11:53:28-03:00 "- in the ""There are some important notes about MS4W"" section at the top of index.phtml (127.0.0.1 page), add: - ""Be sure to follow the important Securing Your Installation Steps: https://ms4w.com/README_INSTALL.html#securing-your-ms4w-installation """ Jeff McKenna 325 add PostGIS steps to README for pycsw MS4W - Documentation 4.0.5 future task new 2021-04-22T13:43:15-03:00 2024-09-30T15:19:07-03:00 "- include connection example in default.cfg {{{ database=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:port/db }}} - also include a script that creates a database and adds the PostGIS connection, to use with pycsw" Jeff McKenna 377 possibly include GDAL docs in HTML, for driver pages MS4W - Documentation 4.0.5 future task new 2022-05-24T11:55:30-03:00 2024-09-30T14:28:25-03:00 "- the 3.5.0 release actually includes an archive of just the HTML docs (https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.5.0/gdal350doc.zip) - so much easier, than compiling the docs manually - but the docs are ~83 MB size - maybe could just include the PDF (3 MB) (this helps for workshops where there is no internet access, which does happen) " Jeff McKenna 405 expand /etc/symbols.txt MS4W - Base 4.0.5 future task new 2023-11-15T12:00:58-04:00 2026-01-12T15:34:39-04:00 - from discussion: https://www.mail-archive.com/mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org/msg28667.html Jeff McKenna 275 add Apache stop and start scripts MS4W - Apache 4.0.3 future task new 2020-06-11T09:40:53-03:00 2024-09-30T15:36:47-03:00 " - only install,uninstall,restart script are included at root of MS4W - add stop & start scripts, as they are useful commands" Jeff McKenna 99 Add logos to docs (Apache, PHP,...) MS4W - Documentation 3.1.4 future enhancement new 2016-12-20T15:17:20-04:00 2024-09-30T15:47:49-03:00 " - Apache httpd https://httpd.apache.org/images/httpd_logo_wide_new.png - PHP http://php.net/images/logo.php " Jeff McKenna 197 Add Nominatim (OSM geocoder) MS4W - Packages 4.0.0 future enhancement new 2019-03-18T09:58:30-03:00 2021-10-20T11:32:34-03:00 " - supports PHP7 (the library leverages PHP) - possibly consider also packaging PostgreSQL + PostGIS - download source: https://nominatim.org/ - installation steps: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation/ - Github: https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim " Jeff McKenna 199 Investigate adding OpenDataKit as a package MS4W - Packages 4.0.0 future enhancement new 2019-03-19T11:42:38-03:00 2021-10-20T11:34:24-03:00 " - software home: https://opendatakit.org/software/ - docs: https://docs.opendatakit.org/ " Jeff McKenna 200 add Rotatelogs steps to readme MS4W - Apache 4.0.0 future enhancement new 2019-03-19T12:17:51-03:00 2024-09-30T15:43:53-03:00 - https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/rotatelogs.html Jeff McKenna 202 add kvwmap as a new package MS4W - Packages 4.0.0 future enhancement new 2019-03-25T09:23:48-03:00 2021-10-20T11:33:57-03:00 " - https://kvwmap.de " Jeff McKenna 371 Add php imagick module MS4W - PHP 4.0.5 future enhancement new 2022-02-24T18:43:06-04:00 2025-01-27T17:49:28-04:00 "The php imagick (image magick) module is sometimes recommended for performance reasons on php-based CMS sites. See an example list of recommended modules here: https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/handbook/server-environment/#php-extensions MS4W does not include the imagick module, so perhaps consider adding to future builds, if it does not interfere with existing image format support." TC Haddad 378 mention use of CPL_CURL_VERBOSE MS4W - Documentation 4.0.5 future task new 2022-07-13T13:55:42-03:00 2026-01-12T17:03:02-04:00 - from https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/6028 Jeff McKenna 460 include OGDI support as GDAL plugin MS4W - GDAL 5.0.0 future task new 2025-05-21T10:28:19-03:00 2026-01-12T14:56:43-04:00 "- OGDI (VPF/VMAP support) was removed in the GDAL 3.11.0 release - possibly include this support as a GDAL plugin, for MS4W" Jeff McKenna