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Time and elevation support in GeoServer

Blog ‐ Posted on 27.10.2011 by simone giannecchini

Busy times in GeoSolutions and in GeoServer land! We just finished adding support for WMS time and elevation in GeoServer WMS on trunk, with plans to backport it to the stable 2.1.x series after the 2.1.1 release.Configuring and using dimensions is performed, as tradition, by means an easy to use GUI. Just take a layer that has time information (or elevation), like this "storm tracks" layer:Then switch to the new Dimensions tab and configure time support as follows:Submit and voilà, you have your time enabled layer. Looking at the capabilities you can see GeoServer is automatically extracting the list of...

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GeoServer News: Hiding layers from the capabilities document

Blog ‐ Posted on 12.10.2011 by simone giannecchini

Hi all,in this blog post we would like to talk about a new functionality that we has just introduced in GeoServer, the layer "advertised" flag.As you know, ignoring security settings for the moment, all enabled layers configured in GeoServer are made available though all the OGC services for which they make sense: vector layers are published automatically to WMS and WFS, raster layers to WMS and WCS.This is a fine default behavior, but in some cases one would like that the layer was there, but without making the layer known to the general public. Tipical use cases:you want to expose...

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GeoServer Aggregating DataStore: Aggregate and republish from several data sources

Blog ‐ Posted on 26.09.2011 by simone giannecchini

When it comes to publishing data with GeoServer the most common case is to publish layers that one owns and that can store and serve fully from the local premises.There are however cases in which a dataset with a uniform structure is handled by several different entities, each one making it available to others, but with no unified view of the data itself.This might be due to geographical distribution of the stakeholders, separate ownerships, administrative subdivisions: a typical case is a set of local public administrations, all publishing the same, or similar, data set in a independent way.For this use...

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GWT-OpenLayers release 0.6

Blog ‐ Posted on 19.09.2011 by simone giannecchini

A lot of improvements and some initial alignment with OpenLayers 2.11 have been made on the fresh release of GWT-OpenLayers library.Actually the developers are also evaluating a brand new refactored showcase and a full alignment with OpenLayers 2.11.The releases are available for the download here:https://bitbucket.org/gwtopenlayers/gwt-openlayers/downloadsOn release 0.6 the major improvements are:Implementation of OL client IconThe possibility of removing layers from the map and changing the z-levelNew zoom and pan controls for the mapImplementation of OL Dot Per InchImplementation of OL StylingImplementation of OL GraticuleImprovements to OL ControlsSome nice Vectorial features stuff, along with measurements and geometric operationsNavigation HistorySnappingGML improvementsWMS Operations...

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GeoSolutions Talks @ FOSS4G2011: the slides

Blog ‐ Posted on 14.09.2011 by simone giannecchini

Dear All, here we go with the slides of our presentations at FOSS4G, for those that could not attend, and for everybody else that wants to get all the details of the presentations as soon as possible on their computer. GeoServer The State of GeoServer GeoServer on steroids Advanced cartographic map rendering in GeoServer Raster data in GeoServer and GeoTools: Achievements, issues and future developments The status of GeoServer WPS GeoTools Raster data in GeoServer and GeoTools: Achievements, issues and future developmentsThe slides pack an incredible amount of ready to use information for all GeoServer and GeoTools users, do not...

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