If you are going to use maps on your site, incorporate spatial data in a desktop application, or you are just curious about web mapping, this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction. Particularly if you need to develop a web application supporting maps, you will find that GeoServer is one of the best solutions you can choose. Analysts will discover how GIS works and how it can be integrated into complex systems. System administrators may also find this book useful for planning installation, tuning, and maintenance.
GeoServer Beginner's Guide
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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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