In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

One of the most popular and mature open source web mapping server just got better, GeoServer 2.1.0 has been released.

From the announcement: "The release of a new major version update is a big deal (the last one was 18 months ago), and while we’ve talked about all of the new features that have been incrementally showing up, let’s put them all together here in one place:"

• WMS Cascading
• Virtual Services
• Layers from SQL
• Web Processing Service (WPS)
• Unit of Measure
• DPI Scaling
• Graphical File/Directory Chooser
• Core improvements to support a database-backed catalog
• Font Improvements
• Upgrade to Spring Security 2.0.6
• WCS Limits
• WMS 1.3.0
• SLD 1.1 / SE 1.1 enhancements
• GeoWebCache Integration
• Improvements to RESTConfig
• Improved Raster Reprojection Performance
• WCS Request Builder
• Run multiple GeoServer instances from a single data directory
• Tons of bug fixes

I just copied the paragraph titles. Please head to the announcement entry to learn more about all of these new features.