GeoServer 2.8-RC1 Released

The GeoServer team is pleased to announce GeoServer 2.8-RC1. Downloads are available (zip, war, dmg and exe) along with docs and extensions.

This release is made by Kevin Smith (Boundless) in conjunction with GeoWebCache 1.8-RC1 and GeoTools14-RC1.

This is a release candidate for final testing before we release 2.8.0.

Fixes since beta:

• The WPS Download process cannot use output formats plugged via a factory

• Remove remaining codehaus repo references

• WFS SHAPE-ZIP output does not always honor field length restrictions

For more information see 2.8-RC1 release notes.

About GeoServer 2.8

GeoServer 2.8 is scheduled for September release. For more information:

• XEE Vunerability (GeoServer)

• Z ordering features within and across feature types and layers (User Manual)

• JAI-Ext, the Open Source replacement for Oracle JAI (GeoSolutions)

• Customizable arrow in GeoServer (GeoSolutions)

• PostGIS Curve Support (GeoSolutions)

• Improved NetCDF/GRIB support in GeoServer (GeoSolutions)

For additional details see the 2.8-beta and 2.8-M0 release notes.

GeoServer Community

GeoServer Community modules provide an area for ideas and experimentation:

• WCS and WPS output formats based on gdal_translate to provide a greater range of output formats

• Embedded GeoFence server, REST API and GUI is the result of a productive collaboration between GeoSolutions and Boundless offering greater rule-based control of GeoServer security

• MongoDB DataStore enabling GeoServer to publish from this popular JSON based document database (no zip packaging, needs volunteer)

Community modules should be considered a work-in-progress and are subject to quality assurance, documentation IP checks and a maintainer before being considered ready for release.