Nowadays, web mapping is all over the internet. User friendly interfaces and efficiency are mandatory requirements for GIS, as for any other system. If you are going to start a new web mapping application, you will not start from scratch. GeoServer is one of the biggest players in the web mapping field. It has a solid developer community and a high maturity level. Although it's not an easy piece of software to master, the latest releases have greatly improved stability and ease of management. GeoServer Beginner's Guide offers you a practical introduction to GeoServer. Beginning with the installation and basic usage, you will learn to use the administration interface for adding data, configuring layers, customizing OGC services, and securing your site. You will find many step-by-step examples covering topics from data store configuration to layer publication and style customization. If all this sounds new and strange to you, don't worry; GeoServer Beginner's Guide will introduce you to the fundamentals of GIS and will then clearly explain all the basic tasks performed in order to build maps. This book is meant to expand your knowledge of web mapping from something you have either heard of or have practiced a little into something you can apply at any level to meet your needs in incorporating maps into a site. I hope you will enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.
GeoServer Beginner's Guide
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Overview of this book
GeoServer is an opensource server written
in Java that allows users to share, process,
and edit geospatial data. This book will
guide you through the new features
and improvements of GeoServer and will
help you get started with it. GeoServer
Beginner's Guide gives you the impetus to
build custom maps using your data without
the need for costly commercial software
licenses and restrictions. Even if you do
not have prior GIS knowledge, you will be
able to make interactive maps after reading
this book.
You will install GeoServer, access your data
from a database, and apply style points,
lines, polygons, and labels to impress site
visitors with real-time maps. Then you
follow a step-by-step guide that installs
GeoServer in minutes. You will explore
the web-based administrative interface
to connect to backend data stores such
as PostGIS, and Oracle. Going ahead, you
can display your data on web-based
interactive maps, use style lines, points,
polygons, and embed images to visualize
this data for your web visitors. You will
walk away from this book with a working
application ready for production.
After reading GeoServer Beginner's Guide,
you will be able to build beautiful custom
maps on your website using your geospatial
data.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
GIS Fundamentals
Getting Started with GeoServer
Exploring the Administrative Interface
Adding Your Data
Accessing Layers
Styling Your Layers
Creating Simple Maps
Performance and Caching
Automating Tasks - GeoServer REST Interface
Securing GeoServer Before Production
Tuning GeoServer in a Production Environment
Going Further - Getting Help and Troubleshooting
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