GeoServer Beginner's Guide
eBook - ePub

GeoServer Beginner's Guide

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

GeoServer Beginner's Guide

About this book

This step-by-step guide will teach you how to use GeoServer to build custom and interactive maps using your data.

Key Features

  • [*] Exploit the power of GeoServer to provide agile, flexible, and low -cost community projects
  • [*] Share real-time maps quickly
  • [*] Boost your map server's performance using the power and flexibility of GeoServer

Book Description

GeoServer is an opensource server writtenin Java that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data. This book willguide you through the new featuresand improvements of GeoServer and willhelp you get started with it. GeoServerBeginner's Guide gives you the impetus tobuild custom maps using your data withoutthe need for costly commercial softwarelicenses and restrictions. Even if you donot have prior GIS knowledge, you will beable to make interactive maps after readingthis book.You will install GeoServer, access your datafrom a database, and apply style points, lines, polygons, and labels to impress sitevisitors with real-time maps. Then youfollow a step-by-step guide that installsGeoServer in minutes. You will explorethe web-based administrative interfaceto connect to backend data stores suchas PostGIS, and Oracle. Going ahead, youcan display your data on web-basedinteractive maps, use style lines, points, polygons, and embed images to visualizethis data for your web visitors. You willwalk away from this book with a workingapplication ready for production.After reading GeoServer Beginner's Guide, you will be able to build beautiful custommaps on your website using your geospatialdata.

What you will learn

  • Install GeoServer quickly
  • Access dynamic real-time geospatial data that you can easily integrate into your own web-based application
  • Create custom styles for lines, points, and polygons for great-looking maps
  • Command GeoServer remotely using REST
  • Tune your GeoServer instance for performance
  • Move GeoServer into production
  • Learn advanced topics to extend GeoServer's capabilities

Who this book is for

If you are a web developer with knowledge of server side scripting, have experience in installing applications on the server, and want to go beyond Google Maps by offering dynamically built maps on your site with your latest geospatial data stored in MySQL, PostGIS, MySQL, or Oracle, this is the book for you.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Credits
  4. About the Author
  5. About the Reviewer
  6. www.PacktPub.com
  7. Customer Feedback
  8. Preface
  9. GIS Fundamentals
  10. Getting Started with GeoServer
  11. Exploring the Administrative Interface
  12. Adding Your Data
  13. Accessing Layers
  14. Styling Your Layers
  15. Creating Simple Maps
  16. Performance and Caching
  17. Automating Tasks - GeoServer REST Interface
  18. Securing GeoServer Before Production
  19. Tuning GeoServer in a Production Environment
  20. Going Further - Getting Help and Troubleshooting

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