MapServer · jmckenna · Apr 20, 2026 · Apr 20, 2026
diff --git a/en/announcements/announcements_archive.txt b/en/announcements/announcements_archive.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
  MapServer Announcement Archives
 *****************************************************************************
 
+**2026-04-20 - MapCache 1.16.0 is released**
+
+The major version MapCache 1.16.0 has been released. 
+The list of changes for this release can be found in 
+the MapCache :ref:`changelog <changelog-mapcache-1-16>`.
+
+Head to :ref:`download` to obtain a copy.
+
 **2026-04-19 - MapServer 8.6.2 is released**
 
 .. important::  

diff --git a/en/development/changelog/mapcache/changelog-1-16.txt b/en/development/changelog/mapcache/changelog-1-16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. _changelog-mapcache-1-16:
+
+**************************
+MapCache 1.16 Changelog
+**************************
+
+.. _changelog-mapcache-1-16-0:
+
+Changes from 1.14.1 to 1.16.0
+=============================
+
+* fix unresolved external symbol MIN referenced in function CreateWarpedVRT ( `#373 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/373>`__ ) (Tamas Szekeres) : `0948ea2 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/0948ea28df9ef5dae8705196b32f0742268953cf>`__
+* fix uninitalized match_data variable, removed dangling else statement to allow calling free, fixed pcre_offset ( `#371 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/371>`__ ) (dpelissiry) : `690423a <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/690423ac296ed313a53800a1d28a1d3eb162b634>`__
+* LMDB: fix LMDB environment management in case of multiple caches ( `#360 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/360>`__ ) (Māris Nartišs) : `af1163a <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/af1163a5dc52d131a4fc014a45031cf535bc68bf>`__
+* tests: implement pytest tests for disk and sqlite cache backends ( `#362 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/362>`__ ) (Māris Nartišs) : `47bdb17 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/47bdb177b32de6cac5ebe3181f6cdc70e2d1e7ab>`__
+* Create LinearRing after CoordSeq (sethg) : `c0bd3f9 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/c0bd3f95b7bfb8b103ae2c2ff465c6868cfa4d27>`__
+* Update to Windows Server 2022 and VS 2022 (sethg) : `7230b89 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/7230b898164507ad02765a2bfce17243bd659360>`__
+* minor spelling (Jeff McKenna) : `466f0bc <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/466f0bced20d30e76b928a7209cb5e2eb508fd96>`__
+* CI: ubuntu-20.04 deprecated on 2025-02-01 ( `#348 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/348>`__ ) (Jeff McKenna) : `bb5f5f7 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/bb5f5f7d720c80535482fbbfe7b0d80e37566a70>`__
+* handle CMake deprecation warning ( `#342 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/342>`__ ) (Jeff McKenna) : `339008f <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/339008f3d010364a4c0489bb4b8f0dc68039ca79>`__
+* Update S3 cache to read AWS_SESSION_TOKEN env var if present ( `#339 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/339>`__ ) (Peet Whittaker) : `0b40f71 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/0b40f71e56b7959ba8bf2728e15c245d34baab9c>`__
+* handle uint64_t redefinition error on Windows ( `#340 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/issues/340>`__ ) (Jeff McKenna) : `ff061b5 <https://github.com/mapserver/mapcache/commit/ff061b57226ed1011120aa05d5f6084b679244ca>`__
diff --git a/en/development/changelog/mapcache/index.txt b/en/development/changelog/mapcache/index.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   changelog-1-16
    changelog-1-14
    changelog-1-12
    changelog-1-10

diff --git a/en/download.txt b/en/download.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Current Release(s)
   * **2021-04-30** MapServer-7.0.8 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-7.0.8.tar.gz>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-7-0>`
 * MapCache
 
-  * **2024-08-02** MapCache-1.14.1 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.14.1.tar.gz>`__ | `.zip <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.14.1.zip>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-mapcache-1-14>`
+  * **2026-04-20** MapCache-1.16.0 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.16.0.tar.gz>`__ | `.zip <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.16.0.zip>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-mapcache-1-16>`
 
 * TinyOWS
 

diff --git a/en/download_archives.txt b/en/download_archives.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 Past Releases
 ..............................................................................
 
+* **2026-04-20** MapCache-1.16.0 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.16.0.tar.gz>`__ | `.zip <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapcache-1.16.0.zip>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-mapcache-1-16>`
+
 * **2026-04-19** MapServer-8.6.2 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-8.6.2.tar.gz>`__ | `.zip <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-8.6.2.zip>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-8-6>`
 
 * **2026-03-23** MapServer-8.6.1 `tar.gz <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-8.6.1.tar.gz>`__ | `.zip <https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-8.6.1.zip>`__ | :ref:`Changelog <changelog-8-6>`

diff --git a/en/include/announcements.inc b/en/include/announcements.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+**2026-04-20 - MapCache 1.16.0 is released**
+
+The major version MapCache 1.16.0 has been released. 
+The list of changes for this release can be found in 
+the MapCache :ref:`changelog <changelog-mapcache-1-16>`.
+
+Head to :ref:`download` to obtain a copy.
+
 **2026-04-19 - MapServer 8.6.2 is released**
 
 .. important::  

diff --git a/en/mapcache/caches.txt b/en/mapcache/caches.txt
@@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ value for each tile to store.
 Berkeley DB Caches
 ------------------
 
-The Berkeley DB cache backend stores tiles in a key-value flat-file database,
+The Berkeley DB (BDB) cache backend stores tiles in a key-value flat-file database,
 and therefore does not have the disadvantages of disk caches with regards to
 the number of files stored on the filesystem. As the image blobs are stored
 contiguously, the block size chosen for the filesystem has no influence on the
 storage capacity of the volume.
 
-Note that for a given bdb cache, only a single database file is created, which
+Note that for a given BDB cache, only a single database file is created, which
 will store the tiles of its associated tilesets (i.e. there is not a database
 file created per tileset, grid, and/or dimension). If you need to store different
-tilesets to different files, then use multiple dbd cache entries. It is not
+tilesets to different files, then use multiple BDB cache entries. It is not
 possible to use multiple database files for tileset grids or dimensions.
 
 The Berkeley DB based caches are a bit faster than the disk based caches during
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ x,y, and z:
 
    {inv_x} and {inv_div_x} will probably be rarely used, whereas
    {inv_y} and {inv_div_y} will find some usage by people who prefer to index
-   their dbfiles files from top to bottom rather than bottom to top.
+   their *dbfile* files from top to bottom rather than bottom to top.
 
 .. note::
 

diff --git a/en/mapcache/index.txt b/en/mapcache/index.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. _mapcache:
 
 *****************************************************************************
-MapCache 1.14.1
+MapCache 1.16.0
 *****************************************************************************
 
 :Author: Thomas Bonfort

diff --git a/en/mapcache/install.txt b/en/mapcache/install.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Compilation & Installation
 :Contact: mathieu.coudert at gmail.com
 :Author: Seth Girvin
 :Contact: sgirvin at compass.ie
-:Last Updated: 2023-01-30
+:Last Updated: 2026-04-20
 
 .. contents:: Table of Contents
     :depth: 3
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ nginx source. Download the nginx source code:
    $ cd nginx-1.1.19/
 
 Run the configure command with the flag  `--add-module`. This flag
-must point to MapCache's nginx child directory. Assuming that
-MapServer source was cloned or un tarred into to `/usr/local/src`,
+must point to MapCache's nginx child directory. Assuming that the 
+MapServer source was cloned or extracted into to `/usr/local/src`,
 an example configure command for nginx would look like this:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Here is a list of supported options that can be enabled/disabled at build.
      -DWITH_OGR=[0|1]
 
    GDAL (actually OGR) is used by the seeding utility to allow the seeding of
-   tiles only intersecting a given polygon, e.g. to preseed all the tiles of a
+   tiles only intersecting a given polygon, e.g. to pre-seed all the tiles of a
    given country.
 
  - **GEOS** (*optional*, from 0.5 onwards)

diff --git a/en/mapcache/proxying.txt b/en/mapcache/proxying.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ request that concerns the "somelayername" layer only.
 A <forwarding_rule> that has no <param> child will match any incoming
 request that could not be serviced by MapCache directly from its cache,
 and can be used to forward all unsupported request to a full OGC-
-compliant server so that an un-cached response can be returned to the
+compliant server so that an uncached response can be returned to the
 client.
 
 .. seealso:: :ref:`mapcache_dimensions`

diff --git a/en/products.txt b/en/products.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fastest and most configurable online mapping engines in the world.
 MapCache
 --------
 
-As of MapServer 6.0, MapServer also includes powerful tile caching capabilities
+Since MapServer 6.0, MapServer also includes powerful tile caching capabilities
 through the MapCache project.
 
 - :ref:`Documentation home <mapcache>` 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ through the MapCache project.
 TinyOWS
 --------
 
-As of MapServer 6.0, MapServer also includes the much needed ability to perform
+Since MapServer 6.0, MapServer also includes the much needed ability to perform
 transactional requests (online editing of features) through the WFS
 specification, using the TinyOWS project.
 

diff --git a/en/spelling_wordlist.dict b/en/spelling_wordlist.dict
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BandsName
 basemap
 basemaps
 bbox
+BDB
 behaviour
 bing
 Bluemarble
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ cartesian
 cellsize
 centerline
 centre
-CGI
 cgi
+CGI
 Changelog
 Changelogs
 checkbox
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ classindex
 classitem
 classObj
 clusterObj
-CMake
 cmake
+CMake
 codebase
 colormap
 colorObj
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ datasource
 datasources
 DateTime
 dbf
+dbfile
 dbname
 describeCoverage
 DescribeCoverage
@@ -119,9 +121,9 @@ favour
 fcgi
 fcgid
 featureid
+featureInfo
 FeatureInfo
 featureinfo
-featureInfo
 filepaths
 filesystem
 filesystems
@@ -164,11 +166,11 @@ GEOS
 geospatial
 geotiff
 geoTiff
-getCapabilities
 GetCapabilities
+getCapabilities
+GetFeature
 getfeature
 getFeature
-GetFeature
 getFeatureInfo
 getfeatureinfo
 GetMap
@@ -186,8 +188,8 @@ gridObj
 gtiff
 GTiff
 guestimate
-gzip
 GZip
+gzip
 gzipped
 hardcode
 hardcoded
@@ -281,8 +283,8 @@ mapfiles
 mapinfo
 maplexer
 mapObj
-mapscript
 MapScript
+mapscript
 mapscriptng
 mapscripts
 mapserv
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ metadatalink
 metadataurl
 metafile
 metatile
+metatiling
 mimetype
 minscale
 minscaledenom
@@ -325,10 +328,10 @@ multigeometry
 multilayer
 multilayers
 multiline
-multilinestring
 MultiLineString
-multipoint
+multilinestring
 MultiPoint
+multipoint
 multipoints
 multipolygon
 MultiPolygon
@@ -355,8 +358,8 @@ occurances
 oci
 offsetted
 oga
-ogc
 OGC
+ogc
 ogcapi
 OGCAPI
 ogr
@@ -374,8 +377,8 @@ organise
 organised
 ortho
 orthos
-osgeo
 OSGEO
+osgeo
 osm
 OSM
 outlinecolor
@@ -427,15 +430,16 @@ projectionObj
 protip
 proxied
 proxying
-psc
 PSC
+psc
 pseudocolored
 psql
 pygeoapi
 qformat
 QGIS
 qix
 qstring
+quadkey
 quadtree
 queryability
 queryable
@@ -469,6 +473,7 @@ ResX
 ResY
 rgb
 RGB
+rgba
 ruleset
 Savard
 scalebar
@@ -559,18 +564,20 @@ truetype
 ttf
 txt
 uk
+uncached
 uncheck
 uncomment
 uncommenting
 uncompress
+unencrypted
 unix
 unprojected
 unreferenced
 untiled
 uom
 uri
-url
 URL
+url
 urls
 usr
 UTFGrid
@@ -590,10 +597,12 @@ webservers
 wfs
 WFS
 WFS-T
-wkt
 WKT
+wkt
 WMS
 wms
+wmts
+WMTS
 wordlist
 www
 xaxis
@@ -610,4 +619,6 @@ zipped
 zoomin
 zoomlevel
 zoomlevels
-zoomout
+zoomout
+zxy
+à