GeoSolutions’ presentations at FOSS4G Europe 2015

Dear reader, Last week (14-17 July) the annual FOSS4G Europe 2015 took place in Como. GeoSolutions was present, giving one workshop about GeoServer (if you are interested, you can learn more about it at this link), and two presentations, led by our director Simone Giannecchini and our technical lead Andrea Aime. As usual, we provide you the slides of the two presentations detailed below: Advanced Cartographic Rendering in GeoServer. 15th July, Andrea Aime - This presentation provides hints, examples and enough information to master SLD in order to create beautiful informative, readable maps with GeoServer. Find the slides here. Spatio-temporal Data...

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Who’s scared of advanced GeoServer workshops?

Apparently, the FOSS4G Europe attendees are not scared of advanced GeoServer workshops. Tuesday 15th of July, GeoSolutions gave a workshop called "GeoServer on steroids: getting the best out of GeoServer" at FOSS4G Europe, in Como (Italy). We managed to attract more than 60 attendees, so much that it had to be run by two separate teachers, our tech leads Andrea Aime and Mauro Bartolomeoli, in two different computer labs. In our view, this is a sign of maturity of the FOSS4G conferences, which over the years collected a number of returning attendees, people that went past the basics and crave for some more advanced training....

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Meet GeoSolutions at FOSS4G Seoul 2015 in September!

Dear Reader, GeoSolutions is pleased to announce its presence at 2015 FOSS4G Seoul in Korea, from 14th to 19th September. The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global event for Open Source geospatial solutions, and this year, for the first time ever, will be held in Asia. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and businessmen from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. During the FOSS4G Seoul conference, GeoSolutions will hold two workshops and six presentations on GeoServer: WORKSHOP #1: Web Mapping with OGC Services and GeoServer: an Introduction WORKSHOP #2: Managing MetOc and Remote Sensing Data with GeoServer PRESENTATION #1: GeoServer on steroids...

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Developer’s Corner: Customizable arrow in GeoServer

Dear Reader, Today we want to share a recent development in  GeoServer: an arrow mark whose proportions can be customized to get the type of arrow you're looking for. The general syntax for this arrow mark is the following: <WellKnownName>extshape://arrow?hr=[hrValue]&t=[tValue]&ab=[abValue]</WellKnownName> All parameters are ratios, and they are all optional. By default the arrow is the usual 1 by 1 mark, whose actual size you can control in SLD via the Mark size attribute. In particular, the parameters and their default values are: t: thickness of the arrow base, between 0 and 1, default is 0.2 hr: height over width ratio,...

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Meet GeoSolutions at FOSS4G Europe 2015 in Como!

Dear Reader, GeoSolutions is proud to announce that we will take part in 2015 FOSS4G Europe in Como, Italy, from 14th to 17th July. We will give one workshop and two presentations on GeoServer, here below you find the details. Workshop GeoServer on steroids: getting the best out of GeoServer. 14th July Afternoon, W08,  with Andrea Aime - This workshop will show how to get from a basic set up to a battle ready, rock solid installation by showing the ropes an advanced user already mastered.   Presentations Advanced Cartographic Rendering in GeoServer. 15th July, Room VS.9, 2:50 PM, Andrea...

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