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Mapbuilder has reached the end of its life. We have released 1.5 and will do no further development. See for more information the full letter [here|EndOfLife].
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h3. About MapBuilder

* Browser based mapping client
* Excels at transforming and rendering XML documents (like GML, Context etc) using XSLT in the browser.
* Standards compliant, supports multiple [Open Geospatial Consortium|http://www.opengeospatial.org/](OGC) standards
* Renders maps from Web Map Services (WMS), Web Feature Services (WFS), GeoRSS, Google Maps
* Supports editing map features to Transactional Web Feature Services (WFS-T)
* Allows users to build their own maps, then save and share them, using Web Map Context (WMC) and Open Web Services Context

* Easy to use

* Fast and interactive - built using  [AJAX |http://adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php]
* Works with most modern browsers (Firefox 1.0+, Internet Explorer 6.0+, Mozilla 1.3+)
* Customisable and easy to extend
* Open source under the [LGPL|http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html] licence

* No plugins required
* ... [Feature Matrix]

If you wish to learn more, you can try the on-line [tutorials|Tutorials] or the [Examples|Examples] and read the on-line [user-guide|User Guide].
 
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h3. Mapbuilder in Action

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Community Mapbuilder is a founding project of the [Open Source Geospatial Foundation|http://osgeo.org].
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