| Description: | MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the mid-1990’s at the University of Minnesota, MapServer is released under an MIT-style license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X). MapServer is not a full-featured GIS system, nor does it aspire to be. | 
| Software type: | Database/Library | 
| Accessibility: | Install only | 
| Computer System: | Windows, MacOSX, Linux, Solaris | 
| Scope: | Image processing, Modelling, Visualisation | 
| Vector/Raster: | Vector, Raster | 
| Optical data or radar data format: | Optical, Radar | 
| Graphical user interface: | Yes | 
| Costs: | Free  |