GeoServer Cookbook

Boost your map server's performance using the power and flexibility of GeoServer

About This Book

• Optimize your vector and raster data with GeoServer's advanced configuration
• Explore the latest GeoServer modules that make managing styles and monitoring and configuring your server a lot easier
• A pragmatic guide to find your way through the world of GeoServer

Who This Book Is For

This book is ideal for GIS experts, developers, and system administrators who have had a first glance at GeoServer and who are eager to explore all its features in order to configure professional map servers. Basic knowledge of GIS and GeoServer is required.

What You Will Learn

• Tweak vector data to optimize performance and customize the way your data is exposed on the standard WMS and WFS protocols
• Serve raster data with CWS and learn how to tune raster data and add support for several raster formats
• Style your features with the CSS module using light and fast syntax as you do with HTML styling
• Use complex features in GeoServer and serve them with WFS
• Learn the tips and tricks to configure options for database access, coordinate reference systems, and GeoWebCache
• Discover how to use additional dimensions (time and elevation) with your maps

In Detail

GeoServer is one of the founding blocks of the OS-Geo software stack. It helps connect existing information not only to virtual globes, such as Google Earth, but also to web-based maps such as OpenLayers, Google Maps, and Bing Maps.

You will start off by learning about the various concepts of vector data used in GeoServer to build maps. You will then learn how to build beautiful maps by using advanced styling methods such as CSS. Finally, you will learn how to monitor and tune the GeoServer environment. With this comprehensive guide, you will gain an in-depth knowledge of GeoServer features that will allow you to integrate it into your enterprise systems for data processing and publication quickly and efficiently.